Studying and conserving paintings : occasional papers on the Samuel H. Kress Collection.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

New York University. Institute of Fine Arts. Conservation Center

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kress, Samuel H. (Samuel Henry), 1863-1955--Art collections.

Kress, Samuel H.

Painting, Italian--Conservation and restoration.

Painting, Italian.

Painting--Conservation and restoration--New York (State)--New York.

Painting.

Painting--Private collections--New York (State)--New York.

Kress, Samuel H. (Samuel Henry), 1863-1955.

Painting--Private collections.

Art--Private collections.

Painting--Conservation and restoration.

New York (State)--New York.

Physical Description:

vii, 230 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

illustration

polychrome

Place of Publication:

London : Archetype Publications : in association with the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, ©2006.

Contents:

The Samuel H. Kress collection: conservation and context / Marilyn Perry

The Samuel H. Kress program in paintings conservation at the conservation center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University / Margaret Holben Ellis

Introduction to volume / Michele Marincola

Acknowledgements / Michele Marincola

Historical papers: Philosophies and tastes in nineteenth-century paintings conservation / Wendy Partridge

Stephen Pichetto, conservator of the Kress collection, 1927-1949 / Ann Hoenigswald

Mario Modestini, conservator of the Kress collection, 1949-1961 / Dianne Dwyer Modestini with Mario Modestini

Technical studies & treatment: A new leaf: recent technical discoveries in the Goodhart Ducciesque master's Madonna and Child with Four Saints / Jennifer Sherman

Botticelli's Nativity / Charles R. Mack

The re-use of a Desco da Parto / Mika Okawa & Dianne Dwyer Modestini

The Triumphs of Petrarch: an analysis of a renaissance decorative cycle / Wendy Partridge

A portable triptych in El Paso / Dianne Dwyer Modestini

Guidoccio Cozzarelli's Scenes from the Life of the Virgin / Dianne Dwyer Modestini

School of Pietro Perugino, Saint Sebastian / Annette Rupprecht & Sheri Francis Shaneyfelt

The master of the Manchester Madonna: restoration, technique, and a context for attribution / Molly March

Portrait of a Lady and techniques in the late paintings of Nicolaes Maes / Laurent Sozzani with Christopher McGlinchey

View of the Molo: A Canaletto attribution reinstated / Elise Effmann

Canaletto paints the Molo from the Ponte della Paglia / Katharine Baetjer

View of the Grand Canal with Dogana and Guardi Studio practices / Helen Spande.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Studying and conserving paintings.

ISBN:

1904982069

9781904982067

OCLC:

68046128