Full Description
Science and art are increasingly interconnected in the activities of the study and conservation of works of art. Science plays a key role in cultural heritage, from developing new analytical techniques for studying the art, to investigating new ways of preserving the materials for the future. This two volume set presents work spanning ancient history, Renaissance, modern, and contemporary art, belonging to the artistic expressions of world regions from the Far East to America and Europe.
Artists across the set include Van Gogh, Piet Mondrian, Jackson Pollock, Lucio Fontana, Enrico Baj, Piero Manzoni and Joseph Albers. The books feature contributions from leading institutions across the globe including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; Getty Conservation Institute; Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Firenze; National Gallery of London; Tate Britain; Warsaw Academy of Fine Art and the National Gallery of Denmark as well as a chapter covering the Thangka paintings by Nobel Prize winner Richard Ernst.
Presented in an easily readable form for a large audience, the book guides readers into new areas uncovered by the link between science and art, and will be of interest to artists, art historians and curators, as well as those who appreciate art.
Contents
Volume 1
Science and Art - My Two Passions
Study and Laser Uncovering of Hypogean Early Christian Wall Painting of Roma's Catacombs of Santa Tecla and Domitilla
Scientific Examination for the Investigation and Conservation of Far East Asian Mural Paintings
Maya Mural Paintings in Calakmul: Pictorial Technique and Conservation
The Colours of Indigenous Memory: Non-Invasive Analyses of Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican Codices
Material Study of the Codex Colombino
Unveiling the Artistic Technique of the Florentine Codex: When the Old World and The New World Met
Colour In Medieval Portuguese Manuscripts: Between Beauty and Meaning
The Wall Paintings of the Monumental Cemetery of Pisa: The War, the Restoration, the Conservation
The Chemistry and Chemical Investigation of the Transition from Egg Tempera Painting To Oil In Italy In The 15th Century
Multi-Criterial Studies of The Masterpiece 'The Last Judgement', A Triptych Attributed To Hans Memling, At The National Museum of Gdańsk (2010-2013)
Science and Conservation the Florentine O.P.D. and Raphael's Madonna of The Goldfinch
Underdrawing In the Renaissance Paintings
An Integrated Approach To The Study and Preservation of Paintings Using Laser Light Technology
Diagnosis, Analysis and Cleaning
« Mens Agitat Molem »: New Insights into Nicolas Poussin's Painting Technique by X-Ray Diffraction and Fluorescence Analyses
Japanese Painting of the Eighteen Century
As Time Passed By Came Sunset. Christen Købke's View of Lake Sortedam, Its Genesis and Colour Changes
Examination of Vincent Van Gogh's Paintings and Pigments by Means of State-of-The-Art Analytical Methods
A Vibrant Surface: Investigating Color, Texture and Transparency in Winslow Homer's Watercolors
After The Fact
Evaluating Our Interdisciplinary Study of Mondrian's Victory Boogie Woogie
Argentinean Murals: Conservation and Characterization of Pictorial Techniques
Material and Technical Studies of Some Paintings by Candido Portinari, A Major Brazilian Modernist Painter
Modern Painted Palimpsests. Deciphering the Artworks of Osvaldo Licini
The Burri Project: Researches for Technique and Conservation
John Hoyland: A British Master of Acrylic Painting
Outdoor Painted Surfaces in Contemporary Art
The Elusive and Transitory Materials in Contemporary Drawings
Volume 2
Jackson Pollock's Drip Paintings: Tracing the Introduction of Alkyds through Non-invasive Analysis of Mid-1940s Paintings
Piero Manzoni, Achromes: An Initial Investigation into the Chemical and Technical Characterisation of the Artist's Materials
1949-1968 Concetti spaziali by Lucio Fontana - A Historical-Artistic and Technical Study
Josef Albers' practice with 20th Century pigments. A non-invasive analytical approach
From Identification to a New Insight of Preservation Theory for Contemporary Art. Innovative Approaches to Complex Care in Alina Zapocznikow Case Studies
The Colors of Lina Bo Bardi: Analytical Investigations of Lina's Felt-tip Pens
"Art is not Science": A Study of Materials and Techniques in Five of Enrico Baj's Nuclear Paintings
On Video Art Preservation. A Conversation with Fabrizio Plessi
Arte Concreto Invención. Towards an industrialized surface aesthetics
Judith Lauand: Art and Technology of a Brazilian Concrete Painter
A new substance under the sun. How synthetic polymers were selected and transformed into works of art by Ângelo de Sousa, Julião Sarmento and Lourdes Castro
Miquel Barceló: The Rotten and The Waste As A Fundamental Part Of The Process
Explosive Beauty: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
There Are. Fabre's visual art
Hockney, Hume and Chandra: Surface, Change and Conservation
The Deep Meaning of Poetry. Eduardo Kac's Art of the Fundamental Processes
When Surgery Meets Conservation: The Treatment of the Multi-material Sculpture Love Me by Sarah Lucas
Diagrams, Technology and New Materials: the Scientific Nature of Loris Cecchini's Artworks
Spectral Revisions: A Colourful Expert Conversation
Painting with Acrylics: José Gutiérrez, Gunther Gerzso and the Material Innovation in Mexican Contemporary Painting
Industrial Design objects in the Museum environment
From Context to Content. On the Preservation of Net-based Art
Painted Surfaces in Contemporary Architecture
