Conference video: The Object in Transition

Conference: The Object in Transition Conference
Venue: Getty Conservation Institute, 25-26 January 2008
Day 1: video
Day 2: video

Description: For those who were not able to attend the conference organized by the Getty, they made available the videos on their website. A must!

Video Contents

Day One

Welcome and General Introduction (12:00)

Session One
Piet Mondrian, Victory Boogie Woogie (55:00)
Roy Lichtenstein, Three Brushstrokes (32:00)
Sol Lewitt, 49 Three-Part Variations on Three Different Kinds of Cubes (32:00)
The Painted Surface (73:00)

Session Two
Nauman's Edge (40:00)
James Turrell, Trace Elements: Light into Space (39:00)
Artist's Voice: History's Claim (90:00)

Day Two

Introduction (7:00)

Session Three
David Novros, 6:30 and VI:XXXII (98:00)
Eva Hesse, Expanded Expansion (98:00)

Session Four
Encountering Newman (71:00)
Life and Death of Objects (87:00)

Conservation education video

Title:Conservation Education at Vat Phou.
Format: Video
Duration: 8:47 minutes
Link: http://www.getty.edu/...

Description: The Getty Conservation Institute (CGI) made available very recently a short video about the Conservation Education in Vat Phou. Vat Phou is a Khmer temple complex in southern Laos and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This video is part of GCI's Built Heritage in Southeast Asia: Conservation Education and Training Initiative

Preservation of Web Resources (2008)

Title: PoWR. The Preservation of Web Resources Handbook
Year: 2008
Pages: 104
PDF: link (751 Kb)
For more information please check the handbook website here

Table of contents:

I: PRESERVATION OF YOUR WEB RESOURCES
Chapter 1: What do we mean by preservation?
Chapter 2: What's on your web?
Chapter 3: What risks and issues are peculiar to websites?
Chapter 4: What are your web archiving requirements?
Chapter 5: Selection
Chapter 6: Web Capture: what and how?
Chapter 7: Tools for the job
Chapter 8: Web Content Management Systems (CMS)
Chapter 9: What approaches and techniques can you use?
Chapter 10: Who wants to keep what, why, and for how long?
Chapter 11: How do we appraise the value of a web resource?
Chapter 12: What about Web 2.0?
Chapter 13: Scenarios and case studies

II: INFLUENCING THE INSTITUTION
Chapter 14: What are the drivers for web archiving?
Chapter 15: Some personal perspectives on web preservation
Chapter 16: Responsibility for preservation of web resources
Chapter 17: Institutional strategy
Chapter 18: What policies exist?
Chapter 19: How can you effect change?
Chapter 20: Information Lifecycle Management: Creation
Chapter 21: Can other people do it for you?

APPENDIX A: Legal Matters
APPENDIX B: Records management: A guide for webmasters

e_conservation n. 7 (2008)

Title: e_conservation, the online magazine
Issue: 7 (October 2008)
PDF: print quality (9.57 Mb)
PDF: web version (5.49 Mb)

Table of contents:

Conference Reviews

Upcoming Events: November - December 2008

The Visible Image Is Not Always Correct: The Differentiation of Layers by Optical Microscopy in Samples’ Cross Sections, Carolina Barata, António João Cruz and Marta Ferro

The Church of Voronet Monastery. Technical Considerations of the Mural Paintings, Ioan Istudor

Forecast of Chemical Aging and Related Color Changes in Paintings, Boris Zilbergleyt

Red Maitreya Temple - Leh, Ladakh. Mural Conservation Project (Part 2), Anca Nicolaescu and André Alexander

Review: "Conservation of Plastics. Materials Science, Degradation and Preservation", Brenda Keneghan

iPRES 2008 Proceedings

Conference: International Conference on Preservation of Digital Objects (iPRES 2008)
Venue: British Library Conference Centre in St Pancras, London, 29-30 September 2008
Proceedings: link (PDF, 17 Mb)
Pages: 311
Conference website: http://www.bl.uk/...

NG Technical Bulletin free articles

The following articles are "free samples" of the Technical Bulletin from the National Gallery:

Raphael's Early Work in the National Gallery: Paintings before Rome, Ashok Roy, Marika Spring and Carol Plazzotta
PDF, 1.97 Mb
in Technical Bulletin 25, 2004

Seurat's Painting Practice: Development and Technique, Jo Kirby, Kate Stonor, Ashok Roy, Aviva Burnstock, Rachel Grout and Raymond White
PDF, 912 Kb
in Technical Bulletin 24, 2003

Fra Angelico's Predella for the High Altarpiece of San Domenico, Fiesole, Dillian Gordon, Martin Wyld and Ashok Roy
PDF, 869 Kb
in Technical Bulletin 23, 2002

NG Technical Bulletin: Volume 22 (2001)

The complete text of the National Gallery Technical Bulletin: Volume 22 is available online.
Source: link

Title: National Gallery Technical Bulletin: Volume 22
Publisher: NG
Year: 2001
ISBN: 9781857099263

Uccello's Battle of San Romano, Ashok Roy and Dillian Gordon
PDF, 324 Kb
Description: This article provides a full technical description of the painting, in the context of 15th-century Florentine panel-painting practice.

Vincenzo Foppa's Adoration of the Kings, Jill Dunkerton and Carol Plazzotta
PDF, 315 Kb
Description: Study of this sumptuous altarpiece, painted around 1480 to 1500, reveals the artist's command of the oil medium and his awareness of contemporary developments, while the origins of his style and technique are located firmly in painting of the earlier part of the century.

Two Panels by Ercole de' Roberti and the Identification of Veluto Morello, Lorne Campbell, Jill Dunkerton, Jo Kirby and Lisa Monnas
PDF, 304 Kb
Description: Examination of the backs of two panels covered with purple velvet (veluto morello) supports the theory that they formed a diptych listed in the inventory of possessions of Eleonora of Aragon upon her death in 1493.

Andrea del Sarto's The Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist, Larry Keith
PDF, 244 Kb
Description: Infra red examination of this painting and the version in the Hermitage suggests that the National Gallery picture was, rather than being a copy of the St Petersburg painting, developed from the same cartoon.

Colour Change in The Conversion of the Magdalen Attributed to Pedro Campaña, Marika Spring, Nicholas Penny, Raymond White and Martin Wyld
PDF, 197 Kb
Description: This much-discoloured painting is compared with a better preserved version in the Borghese Collection in Rome. The cause and extent of discoloration of the pigments were examined and the startling effect of this colour alteration demonstrated in a digital reconstruction.

A Survey of 19th- and Early 20th-Century Varnish Compositions Found on a Selection of Paintings in the National Gallery Collection, Raymond White and Jo Kirby
PDF, 286 Kb
Description: 19th- and early 20th-century varnishes on a wide selection of paintings in the National Gallery were sampled and analysed. The results are presented here with a survey of the 19th-century literature on varnishes and varnishing.

The Mechanical Behaviour and Environmental Response of Paintings to Three Types of Lining Treatment, Christina Young and Paul Ackroyd
PDF, 1.7 Mb
Description: A study of the mechanical response of canvas paintings before, during and after three different vacuum-lining processes (using glue-paste, wax-resin and BEVA 371) assesses the ability of a lining to protect a painting from physical damage caused by changes in environmental conditions.

Science for Conservators, Vol. 1 (2002)

Title: Science for Conservators, Vol. 1: An Introduction to Materials
Editor: Jonathan Ashley-Smith
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2002
ISBN: 0-415-07165-8
Other editions: 1983 by Crafts Council; 1987 by The Conservation Unit of the Museums & Galleries Commision; 1992 by Routledge, reprinted in 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000 and 2002
2002 edition: http://www.amazon.com/...
1992 edition: http://www.amazon.co.uk/...

Table of Contents (compact version):
Introduction
Chapter 1. What science is
Chapter 2. Beginning chemistry
Chapter 3. Molecules and chemical equations
Chapter 4. Atomic structure and chemical bonding
Chapter 5. Relating chemical names to structure

See also:
Science for Conservators, Vol. 2: Cleaning
Science for Conservators, Vol. 3: Adhesives and Coatings

Biodeterioration of Stone in Tropical Environments (1999)

Title: Biodeterioration of Stone in Tropical Environments: An Overview
Author: Rakesh Kumar and Anuradha V. Kumar
Publisher: The Getty Conservation Institute
Year: 1999
Pages: 95
Format: PDF (624 Kb)
Link: http://www.getty.edu/...

Table of contents (compact version):
Chapter 1. General Aspects of Biodeterioration in Tropical Regions
Chapter 2. Biodeteriogens: Characteristics and Biodeterioration Mechanisms
Chapter 3. Preventive and Remedial Methods
Chapter 4. Selection of Chemical Treatments
Chapter 5. Current Research Status and Areas for Further Investigation

Ancient & Historic Metals (1994)

Title: Ancient & Historic Metals: Conservation and Scientific Research
Editors: David A. Scott, Jerry Podany, and Brian B. Considine
Publisher: The Getty Conservation Institute
Year: 1994
Format: PDF, downloadable in three separate sections
Link: http://www.getty.edu/...

Table of contents:

The Monument of Marcus Aurelius: Research and Conservation, Maurizio Marabelli
Restoration of the Monument of Marcus Aurelius: Facts and Comments, Paola Fiorentino
Bronze Objects from Lake Sites: From Patina to "Biography", François Schweizer
The Royal Art of Benin: Surfaces, Past and Present, Janet L. Schrenk
Considerations in the Cleaning of Ancient Chinese Bronze Vessels, Jane Basset and W. T. Chase
Tomography of Ancient Bronzes, Stephen D. Bonadies
Chinese Bronzes: Casting, Finishing, Patination, and Corrosion, W. T. Chase
The Corrosion of Bronze Monuments in Polluted Urban Sites: A Report on the Stability of Copper Mineral Species at Different pH Levels, Andrew Lins and Tracy Power.
The Technology of Medieval Jewelry, Jack Ogden
Gold Foil, Strip, and Wire in the Iron Age of Southern Africa, Andrew Oddy
Conservation of Architectural Metalwork: Historical Approaches to the Surface Treatment of Iron, Frank G. Matero
Techniques of Mercury Gilding in the Eighteenth Century, Martin Chapman
Production and Restoration of Nineteenth-century Zinc Sculpture in Denmark, Knud Holm
Real-time Survival Rates for Treatments of Archaeological Iron, Suzanne Keene
Conservation of Corroded Metals: A Study of Ships' Fastenings from the Wreck of HMS Sirius (1790), Ian Donald MacLeod
The Conservation of Outdoor Zinc Sculpture, Carol A. Grissom

Statistical Analysis in Art Conservation Research (1988)

Title: Statistical Analysis in Art Conservation Research
Author: Terry J. Reedy, and Chandra L. Reedy
Publisher: The Getty Conservation Institute
Year: 1988
Pages: 110
Format: PDF (872 Kb)
Link: http://www.getty.edu/...

Table of contents (compact version):
Chapter 1. Statistical Analysis and Art Conservation Research
Chapter 2. Composition of Art Materials and Objects
Chapter 3. Deterioration Studies
Chapter 4. Conservation Treatments and Materials
Chapter 5. Statistical Survey of Conservation Papers
Appendix:
Pigment Palette (England and van Zelst 1982)
Lead Isotopes (Brill, Barnes, and Murphy 1981)
Densitometer (Wilhelm 1981)
Pigments (Simunkova 1985)
Fading and Dye Mordants (Crews 1982)
Fading and Light Filters (Bowman and Reagan 1983)
Linen Canvas Strength (Hackney and Hedley 1981)
Paint Film Yellowing (Levison 1985)
Survey Analysis

Science for Conservators, Vol. 3 (2002)

Title: Science for Conservators, Vol. 3: Adhesives and Coatings
Editor: Jonathan Ashley-Smith
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2002
Pages: 140
ISBN-10: 0415071631
ISBN-13: 978-0415071635
Other editions: 1983 by Crafts Council; 1987 by The Conservation Unit of the Museums & Galleries Commision; 1992 by Routledge, reprinted in 1994, 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2002
Preview: http://www.amazon.com/...

Table of Contents (compact version):
Chapter 1. Sticking things together
Chapter 2. The chemistry of polymers
Chapter 3. Making joints with different types of adhesive
Chapter 4. The strength and stiffness of materials
Chapter 5. How long will it last?
Chapter 6. Coatings
Chapter 7. Consolidants

See also:
Science for Conservators, Vol. 1: An Introduction to Materials
Science for Conservators, Vol. 2: Cleaning

Science for Conservators, Vol. 2 (2002)

Title: Science for Conservators, Vol. 2: Cleaning
Editor: Jonathan Ashley-Smith
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2002
Pages: 136
ISBN-10: 0415071658
ISBN-13: 978-0415071659
Other editions: 1983 by Crafts Council; 1987 by The Conservation Unit of the Museums & Galleries Commision; 1992 by Routledge, reprinted in 1994, 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2002
Preview: http://www.amazon.com/...

Table of Contents (compact version):
Chapter 1. The nature of dirt
Chapter 2. Mechanical cleaning
Chapter 3. Liquids and solutions
Chapter 4. Organic solvents
Chapter 5. Cleaning with water
Chapter 6. Water, acidity and alkalinity
Chapter 7. Cleaning by chemical reaction

See also: Science for Conservators, Vol. 1: An Introduction to Materials

Needlework Framing (2000)

Title: Needlework Framing
Collection: Library of Professional Picture Framing (Vol. 3)
Author: Vivian Carli Kistler
Publisher: Columba Pub Company
Year: 2000
Pages: 96
ISBN-10: 0938655027
ISBN-13: 978-0938655022
Preview: http://www.amazon.com/...

Table of Contents (compact version):
1. Framing Needlework
2. Fabric Construction
3. Types of Needlework & Fabric
4. Notions, Cleaning & Repair
5. Pressing & Blocking
6. Mounting
7. Projects

Illustrated glossary on stone deterioration patterns (2008)

Title: ICOMOS-ISCS Illustrated glossary on stone deterioration patterns / Glossaire illustré sur les formes d'altération de la pierre
Coordination: V. Vergès-Belmin
Publisher: ICOMOS
Year: 2008
Pages: 78
ISBN : 978-2-918086-00-0
EAN : 9782918086000
Format: PDF (6.64 Mb)
Link: www.icomos.org/...

Table of contents:
Background glossaries - Glossaires de références
Glossary overview - Aperçu général du glossaire
Général terms - Termes généraux
Crack and Deformation - Fissure et Déformation
Detachement - Détachement
Features induced by material loss - Figures induites par une perte de matière
Discoloration and deposit - Altération chromatique et dépôt
Biological colonization - Colonisation biologique

The Distillation of Resins (1907)

Title: The Distillation of Resins: Resinate Lakes and Pigments. Carbon Pigments and Pigments for Typewriting Machines, Manifolders, Etc
Author: Victor Schweizer
Publisher: Scott, Greenwood & son
Year: 1907 (first edition)
Other editions: 1917
Formats available: Flip Book, pdf, txt, DjVu, html and xml
Link: www.archive.org/...
Note: A keyword search may be performed at the following link

Table of Contents (short version):

Resins and their Employment for the Production of Chemical Products.
I. Introduction
II. Rosin
III. Hard Resins
IV. Distillation of the Hard Resins
V. The Manufacture of Illuminating Gas from Rosin
VI. Rosin Oils
VII. The Nature of the Crude Products
VIII. The Rectification of Rosin Oil
IX. The Manufacture of Patent Lubricants
X. Rosin Soap or Resinates
XI. The Manufacture of Resinate Varnishes
XII. The Manufacture of Lampblack and Lampblack
XIII. Lampblack Chambers
XIV. Making Lampblack Pigments
XV. Manufacture of Printing Inks

The Lead and Zinc Pigments (1909)

Title: The Lead and Zinc Pigments
Author: Clifford Dyer Holley
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 1909 (1st edition)
Formats available: Flip Book, pdf, txt, DjVu, html and xml
Link: www.archive.org/...

Table of Contents (compact version):

Chapter I. White Lead in Ancient Times
Chapter II. Development of the White Lead Industry in the United States
Chapter III. Development of the White Lead Industry in the United States (continued)
Chapter IV. Brands, Production and Prices of White Lead
Chapter V. The Modern Application of the Dutch Process in the United States
Chapter VI. The Modern Application of the Dutch Process in the United States (continued)
Chapter VII. The Carter Process
Chapter VIII. The Mild Process (Rowley)
Chapter IX. Matheson Process
Chapter X. The Sublimed Lead Pigments
Chapter XI. White Lead Manufacture in Europe
Chapter XII. Properties of White Lead
Chapter XIII. Lead Poisoning
Chapter XIV. Manufacture of Zinc Oxide
Chapter XV. Properties and uses of Zinc Oxide
Chapter XVI. Manufacture of Leaded Zinc
Chapter XVII. Zinc-Lead White
Chapter XVIII. The Oxides of Lead
Chapter XIX. The Oxides of Lead (continued)
Chapter XX. The Lead Chromates
Chapter XXI. Lithopone
Chapter XXII. Physical Properties of White Lead
Chapter XXIII. Practical Tests
Chapter XXIV. The Art of Grinding White Lead, PAstes and Paints
Chapter XXV. Analysis of Commercially Pure White Leads
Chapter XXVI. Analysis of Zinc Pigments
Chapter XXVII. Analysis of white Lead and Paints in Oil
Chapter XXVIII. Estimation of Water in white Leads and Paints
Chapter XXIX. Quantitative Analysis of Combination White Leads and Pastes
Chapter XXX. Quantitative Analysis of Combination White Leads and Paintings
Chapter XXXI. Laboratory Equipment and Manipulation

The Chemistry of Pigments (1902)

Title: The Chemistry of Pigments
Author: Ernest John Parry, John Henry Coste
Publisher: Scott, Greenwood and Son
Year: 1902
Formats available: Flip Book, pdf, txt, DjVu, html and xml
Link 1: www.archive.org/... (pdf in b/W, 4.4 Mb)
Link 2: www.archive.org/... (pdf in b/w, 5.3 Mb)
Link 3: www.archive.org/... (pdf in colour, 33.9 Mb)

Table of Contents (compact version):
Chapter I. Introductory
Chapter II. The Application of Pigments
Chapter III. Inorganic Pigments
Chapter IV. Organic Pigments

Scentific Methodology in the Conservation-Restoration of Cultural Goods (2002)

Title: XI Congress of ABRACOR: "Scentific Methodology in the Conservation-Restoration of Cultural Goods"

Venue: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20-22 September 2002

Organisation: ABRACOR - Associação Brasileira de Conservadores-Restauradores de Bens Culturais

Year: 2002

Pages: 149

PDF (in Portuguese): www.abracor.com.br/... (1.86 Mb)

PDF (in English): www.abracor.com.br/... (1.68 Mb)

Table of Contents:

Studying the use of inert supports to stabilize paintings on canvas found in retables. Intervention carried out on paintings on canvas present in the retable of the Main Altar of the Parochial Church of San Bartolomé Apóstol de Agullent (Valencia-Spain). María Castell Agustí, Susana Martín Rey, Laura Fuster López

The Missionary Imagery of Rio Grande do Sul. Andréa Lacerda Bachettini

Consolidation of mould and water damaged silver gelatine photographic prints: consolidator application using a nebuliser. Sandra Baruki

Random Sampling used for researching preservation conditions of the Documental Collection “ Building License” of the Rio de Janeiro City General Archives. Ingrid Beck

Restoring the plaster ceiling of the Federation Room –The House of Rui Barbosa Museum. Claudia S. Rodrigues de Carvalho, Lélia Fiuza

Conservation treatment of two distinct feather objects – Experiment developed during training at Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, UK. Mônica Lima de Carvalho

Monitoring system and air supply system for the preservation of collections. Maria Cláudia Lorenzetti Corrêa, Saulo Güths , Silmara Küster de Paula Carvalho, Luiz Antônio Cruz Souza

Prehistoric rock art conservation: An interdisciplinar work. Helena David

Humidity Control in Small spaces and in displays. Saulo Güths

Baits: New technology for the elimination of subterranean termite colonies in complex structures – historic buildings, archives and libraries. Results in Brazil. João Justi Júnior, Marcos Roberto Potenza, Sergio Luiz de Almeida

Restoration and digital transfer of audio documents belonging to the Historical Collection of the Centro Cultural de São Paulo’s Discoteca Oneyda Alvarenga. Evaldo Piccino, José Eduardo Azevedo

Community of São Sabastião das Águas Claras: applying preventive conservation as tool for understanding patrimony–a preliminary proposal. Moema Nascimento Queiroz, LuizSouza

Processional images of the third order of Saint Francis of Assisi of Ouro Preto - History - Technique and Preservation. Maria Regina Emery Quites

Northumberland's Pórtico - Its transformations and restoration. Nelson Pôrto Ribeiro, Wallace Caldas

The restoration of the main retable of the Benedictine Monastery in Olinda, Pernambuco, Brazil, for the exhibition “Brazil – Body and Soul” at the Solomon Guggenheim Museum in New York, USA. Pérside Omena Ribeiro

Methodology applied to restoration: The importance of the historical research applied to the São Lourenço dos Índios Church and to the Araribóia Palace, Niterói, RJ. Rosina Trevisan M. Ribeiro, Cláudia Nóbrega, Walmor José Prudêncio, Mariana Vaz de Souza e Ana Maria Berutti Fontes

Studying building materials in ancient texts to support conservation/restoration work. Prof. Cybèle Celestino Santiago

São Francisco de Assis Hospital - project policies. Mariana Vaz de Souza, Rosina Trevisan M. Ribeiro

Wood Structures: Tools for inspection and conservation. Carlos Dion de Melo Teles, Ângela do Valle, Rodrigo Terezo

Historical sources for the conservation and restoration of photographic materials. Maria Inez Turazzi