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Art on Paper
This volume brings together 31 papers from a British Museum conference exploring the mounting, storage, and display of works on paper. Contributors examine how specialist mounting protects against physical, chemical, and biological threats, while also shaping public perception.
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Arms and Armour
The work of curators, conservators and scientists is brought together to consider a range of historic weapons and armour held in collections worldwide.
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Unravelling Textiles
This comprehensive handbook offers essential guidance for the care and preservation of textile collections. Aimed at curators, conservators, collection managers, and students, it covers textile fibres, production and decoration techniques, and the impact of environmental factors on textile degrad...
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Big Pictures
This volume explores the unique challenges posed by large-scale paintings, from oversized portrait miniatures to vast panoramas, friezes, theatre cloths, and ceiling paintings. It details practical solutions for moving, conserving, displaying, and storing works too large for standard transport an...
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Trade in Artists' Materials
An exploration of the supply, trade, and use of artists’ materials in Europe up to 1700, drawing on international, interdisciplinary research from historians, conservators, scientists, and economists.
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The Pigments of British Medieval Illuminators
This comprehensive and richly illustrated volume is the first-ever history of British medieval illuminators’ pigments. It rests on first-hand investigation, with optimal scientific techniques, of a wide selection of manuscripts, ranging in date from the seventh century to the fifteenth.
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All Manner of Murals
All Manner of Murals explores over 500 years of secular wall painting, from Renaissance Britain to contemporary works. Featuring 20 papers from three ICON Stone and Wall Painting Group symposia, the volume examines the artistic, historical, and cultural significance of murals—whether in cottages ...
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Dyes in History and Archaeology 18
This volume from the 18th Dyes in History and Archaeology meeting explores indigo, lichen dyes, and other organic colorants. Topics range from ancient dyeing practices to modern scientific analyses, with case studies on Romanian, Polish textiles, and Japanese ukiyo-e prints.
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Let the Material Talk
This English edition, published in association with the Doerner Institut, presents groundbreaking interdisciplinary research on Cologne panel painting from 1400 to 1450.
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Dyes in History and Archaeology 37/40
This volume traces the rich global history of dyes and pigments, from ancient South America and Mesopotamia to 18th-century London and the rise of synthetic dyes. Covering topics from Maya blue to cochineal, it explores dye technologies, trade, and colour's cultural impact.
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Scientific Research on the Pictorial Arts of Asia
This volume presents scientific studies of pictorial art across Asia, including Cambodian reliefs, Indian wall paintings, Philippine panels, Japanese temple figures, and numerous works on paper. Emphasis is placed on pigments, techniques, and the central role of paper in East Asian artistic tradi...
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Examining the Built World through Architectural Finishes
The papers provide ample evidence of the importance of research into contemporary and historic finishes in expanding our comprehension of the built environment.
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Gels in the Conservation of Art
This volume brings together papers and posters from the Gels in Conservation conference (London, 2017), along with an appendix by Richard Wolbers on gel terminology and properties.
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The Future of the 20th Century
This is the second in a series of books from the AHRC Research Centre for Textile Conservation and Textile Studies, explores the preservation of modern materials in textiles.
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The Luminous Trace
The origins of metalpoint (silverpoint, goldpoint, etc.) drawing are widely thought to lie in classical antiquity.
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Coinage and History in the Seventh Century Near East No 4
Proceedings of the 14th Seventh Century Syrian Numismatic Round Table held at The Hive, Worcester, on 28th and 29th September 2013
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Art, Conservation and Authenticities
Focusing on conservation 'flashpoints'—from paintings and drawings to installations, performance, and historic interiors—the papers examine the complex and contested nature of authenticity in art.
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Natural Colorants for Dyeing and Lake Pigments
This volume explores how historical dyers and pigment makers manipulated natural dyes to produce the vibrant colours seen in textiles, tapestries, and paintings today. Drawing on research from the EU-funded CHARISMA project, it examines key factors—such as mordants, temperature, and extraction me...
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Interactions of Water with Paintings
Water has long been regarded as a valued tool in conservation, utilised in the manufacture of materials and harnessed in various forms to suit conservation purposes. Paradoxically, however, it is also a potential agent of deterioration and even disaster. New avenues of research have led many cons...
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Research on Early Chinese Lacquer Buddhas
The first holistic study of Buddhist lacquer sculptures, drawing on scientific, historical, and art historical research. Featuring contributions from diverse disciplines, it explores the techniques, context, and cultural significance of these rare works, dating back to the sixth-century Sui dynasty.
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Biodeterioration and Preservation
This volume explores the vital role of microorganisms in both the deterioration and preservation of cultural heritage. Contributors examine how microbial activity, climate change, pollution, and tourism impact monuments, artworks, and archaeological sites.
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Authenticity in Transition
The papers debate the various ways that changing artistic practices affect our interpretation, conservation, and curation of contemporary art, with a special reference to the shifting concepts of authenticity and artistic intent.
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Identification of Vegetable Fibres
This reprint of the 1982 classic offers detailed guidance on identifying ten major commercial plant fibres through microscopic analysis. With clear descriptions, photomicrographs, line drawings, and comparison tables, it explains key anatomical features and their relevance to fibre identification.
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For Tomorrow
Combining critical and art historical perspectives, this volume offers an in-depth exploration of Alexandru Radvan’s art by examining his reinterpretation of myth through new materials and techniques. it traces decades of creative output by one of Romania’s leading contemporary artists. For Tomor...
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Blue Pigments
Traces the remarkable history of blue pigments, from rare natural sources like lapis lazuli and azurite to ingenious synthetic creations such as Egyptian blue, Maya blue, Prussian blue, and artificial ultramarine.
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Pigments of English Medieval Wall Painting
Helen Howard's Pigments of English Medieval Wall Painting is the first systematic analysis of pigments used in medieval English wall paintings, revealing a more complex and sophisticated painting practice than previously understood.
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Dyes in History and Archaeology 19
This volume, based on the 19th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology held in Edinburgh, explores the intersection of historical research and scientific analysis in the study of tartans, Inca textiles, medieval manuscripts, and historic pigments.
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Conserving Context
Contributors explore the challenges of treating objects within dispersed, altered, or lost contexts, and how conservation decisions—particularly for decorative surfaces—can impact the integrity of the whole.
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Inca Sacred Space
This volume explores the ushnu, a central feature of Inca sacred architecture used for ritual, sacrifice, and solar observation. Built as stepped stone platforms linked to drains or basins, ushnus symbolised the flow of sacred essence between gods, rulers, and people.
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Early Metal Mining and Production
A comprehensive history of the early development of extractive metallurgy, drawing on archaeological evidence, historical texts, laboratory analysis, and experimental replication.
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Trading Paintings and Painters’ Materials 1550–1800
An investigation into the international trade in paintings and artists’ materials during the early-modern period, exploring how imported goods shaped local production, taste, and theory. Contributors examine regional preferences, trade conditions, and the movement of materials and artworks across...
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The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 3
This bulletin, is part of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum.
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Barkcloth
This volume explores the preparation, decoration, deterioration, and conservation of barkcloth ('tapa') across diverse cultures. It offers practical insights for conservators working with this unique material, drawing on papers from a 1997 CEA seminar at Torquay Museum.
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Look After the Pennies
This book comprises papers presented at a one-day seminar at the Museum of London, which highlighted change and development in the field of the scientific analysis and conservation of coins. The papers reflect a multi-disciplinary approach to the subject.
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Integrated Pest Management for Collections
This collection of papers and posters presented at the ICON conference A Pest Odyssey – The Next Generation is evidence that integrated pest management (IPM) has been adopted globally as the accepted strategy within the cultural heritage sector to mitigate the risk posed to our unique collections...
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Medieval Painting in Northern Europe
A tribute to Unn Plahter’s 70th birthday, this volume explores medieval painting and polychromy in northern Europe. Featuring leading scholars, new technical studies, and rare Scandinavian research in English, it offers essential insight into medieval art, technique, and conservation.
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The Conservation of Featherwork from Central and South America
Feathers have played major functional and emblematic roles in many cultures. It is important for conservators and curators to realize that featherwork requires a deep understanding of the birds selected, the technical approaches taken toward the manipulation of feathers, and how the condition rel...
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Northern European Metalpoint Drawings
A detailed technical study of 30 northern European metalpoint drawings in the British Museum, many featured in the 2015 exhibition Drawing in Silver and Gold. Using non-invasive imaging and chemical analysis, the authors reveal new insights into the materials and techniques used by artists such a...
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Hamilton Kerr Institute Bulletin number 7, 2018
This volume is the seventh in this biennial series which presents the recent research into the conservation, structure, materials, history etc. of paintings by past and present staff and students (including early career interns) of the Hamilton Kerr Institute.
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Coinage and History in the Seventh Century Near East No 6
The Syrian Arab-Byzantine coinage has been intensively studied over the last 25 years, perhaps more so than any other Islamic coin series. However, this volume demonstrates new research, new discoveries and new questions.
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Picasso, Picabia, Ernst
This essay collection presents new research on Picasso, Picabia, and Ernst, artists who redefined 20th-century art through experimentation and international exchange. Based on a Tate Britain symposium, it explores the materials, techniques, and radical reworking of their paintings in the Tate col...
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Conservation Science 2007
Papers from the conference held in Milan, Italy 10-11 May 2007.
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Engaging Conservation
This volume celebrates 50 years of conservation at the Penn Museum with papers from an international symposium exploring the intersections of conservation, archaeology, and anthropology.
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Hamilton Kerr Institute Bulletin number 8, 2020
This is the eighth volume in this biennial series which presents the recent research into the conservation, structure, materials, history etc. of paintings by past and present staff and students of the Hamilton Kerr Institute.
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The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 7
This bulletin, is part of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum.
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Conservation Science 2002
The Institute of Conservation Science Conference Papers volume presents 42 fully refereed papers from the 2002 Edinburgh conference celebrating the formation of ICS.
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Colour Change in Paintings
This collection of papers from the ICON Paintings Group conference Appearance and Reality, explores how colour change affects our perception, interpretation, and conservation of paintings.
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Decorated Surfaces on Ancient Egyptian Objects
International experts explore the conservation of decorated ancient Egyptian objects, focusing on complex surfaces such as polychrome wood, painted textiles, coloured basketry, and patinated metals. Covering past and present treatment approaches, the book includes technical studies, case reports,...
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Mediaeval Painters' Materials and Techniques
We present the first English translation of the Liber diversarum arcium, a 14th-century manuscript offering the most comprehensive surviving guide to medieval painting techniques. Covering tempera, oil, fresco, manuscript illumination, glass, and ceramics, it includes nearly 600 detailed recipes—...
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Macro to Micro
Explores the evolving nature of architectural finishes and the importance of their study for conservation and restoration. Through microscopic and macroscopic analysis, contributors uncover hidden layers of paint, varnish, gilding, plasterwork, stucco, wood finishes, and wallpapers to deepen our ...
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Gilded Metals
An exploration of the global history, techniques, and conservation of gilding—from ancient foil and leaf methods to modern electroplating. Covering materials, corrosion, and treatments, it offers insights into both the art and science behind gilded surfaces across cultures and eras.
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Art of Merit
A collection of 28 papers from the 2012 Buddhist Art Forum at The Courtauld Institute, to offer a comprehensive exploration of Buddhist art—its creation, function, conservation, and contemporary relevance. Contributors include art historians, conservators, curators, religious practitioners, and a...
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Natural Dyes
Amid growing ecological concerns, this volume documents natural dye sources used globally from antiquity to today. Covering over 300 plants and 30 animals, it combines botanical and zoological insights with chemical analyses of dyes. Historical uses across civilizations are explored through recip...
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Artists' Pigments
This is the first volume in the series Artists' Pigments: A Handbook of their History and Characteristics published by National Gallery of Art in association with Archetype Publications Ltd.
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Early Indian Metallurgy
Groundbreaking research on ancient mining and metallurgy in India, focusing on the sites of Agucha, Dariba, and Zawar in Rajasthan’s Aravalli Hills.
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Metals and Mines
With contributions from leading international scholars, the papers highlight the diversity of ancient smelting processes and the growing role of experimental replication in advancing our understanding of early metallurgical practices.
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A Changing Art
This volume gathers papers from BAPCR’s conference A Changing Art, focusing on the complex and varied painting practices of the 19th century. Contributors explore the evolving materials and techniques of the period, as well as historical and contemporary conservation challenges.
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Emblems for a Queen
An examination of the embroideries of Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth Countess of Shrewsbury, exploring their symbolic imagery, sources, and historical context. Michael Bath reveals how these embroidered panels reflected Mary’s values during her captivity.
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The Strasbourg Manuscript. A Medieval Tradition of Artists' Recipe Collections (1400-1570)
This volume offers the first comprehensive study and English translation of the early 15th-century Strasbourg Manuscript—the oldest known German-language source on Northern European painting techniques.
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Structure, Design and Technique of the Bamiyan Buddhist Caves
This monograph presents the English edition of the fifth volume of Recent Cultural Heritage Issues in Afghanistan, documenting ongoing international efforts to conserve the Bamiyan site following the destruction of the Giant Buddhas in 2001.
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Arab Paper
This revised edition of Das Arabische Papier offers an English translation of J. von Karabacek’s seminal study on Arab paper, essential for students, historians, conservators, and anyone interested in the historical development of papermaking.
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Conservation of Paintings
This volume presents Gustav Berger’s pioneering contributions to paintings conservation, including the development of BEVA and his research into paint cracking. Featuring revised studies, reflections on past treatments, and diverse case studies, it offers valuable insight into the evolution of mo...
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Preparation for Painting
This volume explores the vital role of ground layers in shaping a painting’s texture, luminosity, and longevity. Topics include materials and techniques, optical properties, terminology, and their impact on conservation decisions.
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East Asian Paintings
John Winter brings together what is known of the material aspects of the paintings of East Asia (China, Japan and Korea), covering the components used, painting structures, certain aspects of painting techniques, and the mechanisms of deterioration.
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Conservation and Care of Glass Objects
This book is designed to aid conservators in understanding the materials used in the conservation and restoration of glass objects.
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Dyes in History and Archaeology 20
This volume presents papers from the 20th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology, exploring the evolution of dyestuff analysis from ancient methods to modern scientific techniques. Topics include historical dyeing practices, the development and testing of natural and synthetic dyes, and conse...
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Tales of the Unexpected
Conservators' prolonged proximity to paintings makes them ideally placed to notice anything unusual or surprising which might arise during examination or treatment. Ensuing investigations, often aided by technical analysis, include the recent increasingly widespread use of macro X-ray fluorescenc...
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Lining Paintings
This landmark volume documents the legendary Conference on Comparative Lining Techniques held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, a pivotal event that transformed the debate around the structural conservation of paintings.
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Dyes in History and Archaeology 16/17
This volume presents papers from the 16th and 17th Dyes in History and Archaeology meetings, highlighting research into natural and synthetic dyes, historical textile dyeing, pigment analysis, and the chemistry of dyestuffs, reflecting a rich, interdisciplinary field.
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Woven Tapestry
This publication provides a comprehensive framework for conservators to assess condition and determine appropriate treatment strategies for tapestries. It examines historical manufacturing techniques, identifies key agents of deterioration, and reviews current methodologies for cleaning, support,...
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Adhesives and Consolidants in Painting Conservation
This volume presents papers from the ICON Paintings Group conference held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, focusing on the use of adhesives and consolidants in painting conservation. Contributors address key issues such as application techniques, reversibility, long-term stability, and m...
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Turquoise in Mexico and North America
An exploration of the rich history, cultural significance, and enduring appeal of turquoise across regions and time periods. Featuring new scientific research on sourcing, mining, and distribution, the volume also delves into pre-Hispanic mosaics, Aztec symbolism, and the poetic and philosophical...
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Contemporary Issues in Book and Paper Conservation
The papers in this volume were presented at the Icon Book & Paper Group Third Triennial Conference 2021 entitled Mod Cons: Modern Conservation. Modern Conveniences. Modern Constraints. Topics include: decolonisation; new treatments; educational programmes; business models; sustainability init...
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Damascene 'ajami Rooms
This richly illustrated volume offers an in-depth exploration of 'Ajami decoration, a refined historical technique used to embellish the interiors of traditional Damascene courtyard houses. Blending stylistic, historical, and technical analysis, the study traces the evolution of this ornate craft...
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East Asian Lacquer
This volume presents the groundbreaking findings of the Mazarin Chest Project, a major international collaboration focused on one of the most magnificent examples of Japanese export lacquerware, made in Kyoto in the 1630s–40s.
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The World of Iron
The World of Iron offers a comprehensive global overview of iron production, its technologies, and its profound social, economic, and symbolic roles throughout history. Featuring contributions from Africa, Asia, and Europe, the volume presents archaeological, ethnographic, scientific, and experim...
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Blue Paper
Blue Paper investigates the historical significance of blue-hued paper, used in Italy from c.1400-c.1600 for drawing, writing, and printing.
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Hamilton Kerr Institute Bulletin number 6, 2016
This volume is the sixth in this biennial series which presents the recent research into the conservation, structure, materials, history etc. of paintings by past and present staff and students (including early career interns) of the Hamilton Kerr Institute.
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Early Painting in the Northern Netherlands
This volume, published in association with the Rijksmuseum, investigates the materials and techniques of early Northern Netherlandish paintings in the museum’s collection. Scientists, conservators, and art historians examine 14 works to uncover details about panels, pigments, oils, and methods, l...
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The Public Face of Conservation
A collection of papers from the conference Playing to the Galleries and Engaging New Audiences, held in Williamsburg, Virginia. It explores the evolving role of conservators in public engagement and the challenges of communicating conservation work through exhibitions, tours, and digital platform...
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On the Ethics of Cultural Heritage Conservation
A collection of previously published papers, original texts based on lectures delivered by the author and several pieces written solely for this publication. Each analyses one of the core notions that shape the traditional conservation discourse (minimal intervention, artist's intent etc.).
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Hamilton Kerr Institute Bulletin No. 10, 2024
This volume is the tenth in this biennial series which presents the recent research into the conservation, structure, materials, history etc. of paintings carried out by past and present staff and students of the Hamilton Kerr Institute.
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Scientific Research on Historic Asian Ceramics
This volume explores Asian ceramics through scientific and typological analysis, highlighting technologies, cultural context, and East–West exchanges. Topics include high-fired wares, glazes, kilns, inscriptions, and funerary art.
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Authenticity and Replication
This volume explores the evolving concepts of authenticity and replication in the interpretation, display, and conservation of cultural heritage.
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Artists' Pigments
This is the fourth volume in the series Artists' Pigments: A Handbook of their History and Characteristics published by National Gallery of Art in association with Archetype Publications Ltd.
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Desalination of Historic Buildings, Stone and Wall Paintings
The result of research from the European Desalination project which investigates the use of poultices to treat salt damage in porous cultural heritage objects. While poulticing is widely practiced, its effects are often irreversible.
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Scientific Research in the Field of Asian Art
This volume celebrates fifty years of scientific research into Asian art at the Freer Gallery of Art, featuring papers from international experts that explore materials and techniques across Asia's vast cultural and temporal landscape.
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Public Paintings by Edvard Munch and his Contemporaries
This volume, published in association with the University of Oslo Conservation Studies, explores changes in the appearance of Edvard Munch’s paintings through traditional and advanced scientific analysis.
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Migrants: Art, Artists, Materials and Ideas Crossing Borders
Artistic production and the preservation of cultural property have always been subject to the ebb and flow of international influences. Major factors have included the supply of materials, the migration of artists, designers and craftspeople, as well as evolving conservation theory and practice w...
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Tempera Painting 1800 - 1950
These texts explore the revival of tempera painting between 1800 and 1950 from the perspectives of art history, technical art history, conservation and scientific analysis.
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Standards in Architectural Paint Research
This volume explores the need for international standardisation in Architectural Paint Research amid increasing global collaboration.
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Ground Layers in European Painting 1550-1750
This volume, based on the 2019 CATS conference Mobility Creates Masters, explores how artists’ movement across Europe from 1550 to 1700 influenced the materials and techniques used to prepare paintings. Focusing on coloured ground layers, the studies examine documentation, regional practices, and...
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Textiles and Text
An exploration of the dynamic relationship between archival and bibliographic research and the close study of extant textiles and dress.
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Mixing and Matching
This volume brings together papers from three specialist workshops on retouching techniques, organised by ICON’s Paintings Group and BAPCR at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Divided into sections on egg tempera, resin-based methods, and retouching complex surfaces, it explores the history, materi...
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Microanalysis of Parchment
A presentation of cutting-edge sampling techniques and microanalytical, semi-microanalytical, and non-destructive methods for examining historic parchment, focusing on visual, microscopic, chemical, and physical approaches.
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A Perfect Ground
Maartje Stols-Witlox offers the first in-depth study of historical recipes for preparatory ground layers used by painters in North West Europe between 1550 and 1900.
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The Art of All Colours
This book examines medieval technical treatises on the arts, exploring their content, context, and relationship to artistic practice before 1500. It includes a detailed catalogue of over 400 manuscripts, many previously overlooked, with descriptions, extracts, and a full bibliography.
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Studying 18th-Century Paintings and Works of Art on Paper
Proceedings from the second CATS conference explore 18th-century art and artists’ materials, with papers on workshop practice, technical analysis, trade, and the impact of European Art Academies. Topics span painting, drawing, conservation science, and historical source research.
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State Beds and Throne Canopies
This richly illustrated volume focuses on the history, care, and conservation of the state beds and throne canopies at Hampton Court and Kensington Palaces. Combining historical context with practical conservation guidelines and case studies, it offers invaluable insights into the preservation of...
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Dyes in History and Archaeology 21
Topics range from the economic impact of medieval woad in Catalonia and Roussillon to the complexities of madder use in Roman and Coptic Egypt. Case studies include pigment use in illuminated manuscripts, Japanese armour, and European paintings, with a focus on both invasive and non-invasive anal...
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