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History of Art

National Gallery Technical Bulletin, Volume 41

Spring Marika, Ackroyd Paul, Billinge Rachel, Cornelis Bart, Higgitt Catherine, Keith Larry, Melchiorre Marta, Peggie David

ISBN: PB: 9781857096705, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, February 2021
104 pp., 29.9x21 cm, 200 illus.

The latest in this annual bulletin based on research carried out at the National Gallery, London, draws on the combined expertise of scientists, conservators, and curators, bringing together a wealth of information about artists' materials, practices...

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Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt Emerging Research from the APPEAR Project

Svoboda Marie, Cartwright Caroline

ISBN: PB: 9781606066546, Getty Publications, September 2020
228 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 160 colour illus. illus; 26 diagrams, tables

Once interred with mummified remains, nearly a thousand funerary portraits from Roman Egypt survive today in museums around the world, bringing viewers face-to-face with people who lived two thousand years ago. Until recently, few of these paintings...

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Museum Lighting A Guide for Conservators and Curators

Saunders David

ISBN: PB: 9781606066379, Getty Publications, February 2020
328 pp., 25x15 cm, illus.

Author David Saunders, former keeper of conservation and scientific research at the British Museum, explores how to balance the conflicting goals of visibility and preservation under a variety of conditions. Beginning with the science of how light, c...

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History of Art

National Gallery Technical Bulletin, Volume 40

Spring Marika

ISBN: PB: 9781857096491, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, October 2019
112 pp., 29.9x21 cm, 200 colour and black&white illus.

This volume continues the National Gallery's acclaimed series of Technical Bulletins with a selection of studies across the range of the collection, jointly authored by experts in the field of conservation and the scientific examination of paintings....

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Restoration of Engravings, Drawings, Books, and Other Works on Paper

Schweidler Max, Perkinson Roy

ISBN: HB: 9780892368358, Getty Publications, March 2014
304 pp., 27.7x19.5 cm, 81 black&white illus., 20 colour illus.

Ever since its original publication in Germany in 1938, Max Schweidler's "Die Instandetzung von Kupferstichen, Zeichnungen, Buchern usw" has been recognized as a seminal modern text on the conservation and restoration of works on paper. To address wh...

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Historical Perspectives on Preventative Conservation

Staniforth Sarah

ISBN: PB: 9781606061428, Getty Publications, May 2013
456 pp., 25.4x17.9 cm, 20 colour illus.

This title gathers together the most important texts on this critical topic, from antiquity to today. The sixth volume in the Getty's Readings in Conservation series, which gathers more than 65 texts that have been influential in the development of t...

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Archaeology & Paleontology

Archaeological Sites Conservation and Management

Sullivan Sharon, Mackay Richard

ISBN: PB: 9781606061244, Getty Publications, January 2013
736 pp., 25.5x17.8 cm, 29 colour illus., 21 black&white illus.

This title is an insightful collection of essays and reports examining key issues in the conservation and management of archaeological sites. The fifth volume in the Getty's "Readings in Conservation" series features more than seventy texts that have...

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Effects of Light on Materials in Collections Data on Photoflash and Related Sources

Schaeffer Terry T.

ISBN: PB: 9780892366453, Getty Publications, March 2006
211 pp., 28x21.5 cm, 2 tables, 19 graphs

The impact of light on works of art and archival materials has long been an issue of concern to conservators and other museum professionals, yet the literature on this subject has never been systematically reviewed. This volume fills that gap by prov...

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Copper and Bronze in Art Corrosion, Colorants, Conservation

Scott David A.

ISBN: HB: 9780892366385, Getty Publications, March 2006
515 pp., 25.5x19 cm, 118 colour illus., 19 black&white illus.

A review of 190 years of literature on copper and its alloys. It integrates information on pigments, corrosion and minerals, and discusses environmental conditions, conservation methods, ancient and historical technologies, and the use of corrosion m...

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Cellulose Nirate in Conservation

Selwitz Charles

ISBN: PB: 9780892360987, Getty Publications, March 2006
72 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, illus.

This series includes monographs, research results, and state-of-the-art reviews of conservation literature by Institute staff and others.

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