Item Number: 130583 Title: Science and Art: The Painted Surface Author: Sgamellotti, Antonio (et al) Price: Not Available ISBN: 9781849738187 Description: London: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014. 24cm., hardcover, 553pp. illus. Summary: A series of case studies to show how the cooperation between science and humanities can lead to the developments in knowledge and conservation of paintings. Contents: 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 Gda?sk (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 Kobke 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".
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