What makes conservation a particularly demanding materials science problem, however, is that treatment and restoration of art, especially when we consider irreversible interventions like cleaning ...

but in the broader fields of materials science, chemistry and physics and a seminar series in conservation science. The ultimate objective of the program is not only to strengthen the Art Institute’s ...

Translated from Italian to reach a wider audience, Conserving Contemporary Art: Issues, Methods, Materials, and Research is one of the first books to give a comprehensive overview of the many ...

Art Conservation is an exciting and challenging multidisciplinary ... both the humanities and the sciences in order to understand the creation and production of material culture in the past and ...

The public art conservation team takes care of these artworks on behalf of citizens. Like our buildings and roads, artworks need help to prevent and repair damage from weather, aging materials and ...

Restoration and conservation treatments or protocols applied to monuments, buildings, historical objects, and artefacts belonging to Cultural Heritage must consider their uniqueness as well as complex ...

New performance such as corrosion inhibition and water repellence can be included in the materials Keywords: Nanostructures in artwork, nanomaterials for sustainable conservation, nano diagnostic ...

The following subjects are studied: materials science, history of art, archaeology, art and artifact technology, craft skills, cultural context, preventive maintenance, art care treatment techniques ...

This in-depth study of the paintings of Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) from the 1940s through the 1970s breaks new ground in its analysis of the artist's working methods and yields new information ...