19 December 2009

Original Treatises (1849)


Title: Original Treatises, Dating from the XIIth to XVIIIth Centuries on the Arts of Painting
Author: Mary Philadelphia Merrifield
Publisher: J. Murray
Year: 1849
Pages: 643 + 612
Formats available: txt, DjVu, html, xml and pdf
Link: http://www.archive.org/... (vol. 1)
http://www.archive.org/... (vol. 2)

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(vol. 1)
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Table of contents:

Volume I
Chapter I. On the state of society and of the Arts during the Middle Ages
Chapter II. Miniature Painting
Chapter III. Mosaics
Chapter IV. Glass
Chapter V. On Gilding and other Arts
Chapter VI. Painting in Oil
Manuscripts of Jehan Le Begue
Manuscripts of S. Audemar
Manuscripts of Eraclius
Manuscripts op Archerius

Volume II
Bolognese Manuscript
Segreti per colori
Marciana Manuscript
Paduan Manuscript
Volpano Manuscript
Brussels Manuscript
Extracts from an Original Manuscript
Extracts from a Dissertation

Painting Materials (1942)


Title: Painting Materials - A short Encyclopaedia
Author: Rutherford J. Gettens and George L. Stout
Publisher: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc
Year: 1942 (1947 reprint)
Pages: 349
Formats available: txt, DjVu, html and xml
Link: http://www.archive.org/...
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Table of contents:

Introduction
Preface
Mediums, Adhesives, and Film Substances
Pigments and Inert Materials
Solvents, Diluents, and Detergents
Supports
Tools and Equipment
Glossary

e-conservation magazine 12 (2009)


Title: e-conservation magazine
Issue: 12
Year: December 2009
Pages: 86
ISSN: 1646-9283
Link: http://www.e-conservationline.com/... (PDF, web version: 5.3 Mb; print version: 7.7 Mb)


Table of contents:

Let’s Pin the ‘Long Tail’ on the Conservation Donkey, Daniel Cull
I Symposium on Conservation-Restoration of Golden Woodcarving and Sculpture, review by Rui Bordalo
COST Training School: Wood Science for Conservation of Cultural Heritage (WoodCultHer), review by Oana Chachula
The 3rd Conservation-Restoration Workshop, review by Anca Dina
Conservation in Action: Welcome to the “CSI Lab”, Virginie Ternisien
Examination of Some Inorganic Pigments and Plaster Layers from Excavations at Saqqara area, Egypt, Optical Microscopy and SEM-EDS Microanalysis, Hussein Hassan M.H. Mahmoud
Les dilemmes philosophiques de la conservation-restauration, Pierre Leveau
Detached Mural Paintings in Portugal. The Conservation-Restoration of the Fragments from the Alberto Sampaio Museum in Guimarães, Maria Alice de Sousa Cotovio
Mudejar Ceilings. Study, Conservation and Restoration, Carlos José Abreu da Silva Costa

Journal of Conservation-Restoration Education 2 (2008)



Title: Journal of Conservation-Restoration Education (JCRE)
Publisher: ENCoRE - European Network for Conservation-Restoration Education
Issue: 2
Year: 2008
Pages: 27
ISSN: 1904-0946
Link: http://www.encore-edu.org/... (PDF, 542 Kb)


Table of contents:

Developing an accountable system of Conservation-Restoration Education at Oslo University through the use of learning outcomes, Jeremy Hutchings
Writing the Professional Competences/EQF, Susan Corr
The Bologna Process 2020 - The European Higher Education Area in the new decade, René Larsen
European Network on Research Programme Applied to the Protection of Tangible Cultural Heritage (NET-HERITAGE), René Larsen

Journal of Conservation-Restoration Education 1 (2008)


Title: Journal of Conservation-Restoration Education (JCRE)
Publisher: ENCoRE - European Network for Conservation-Restoration Education
Issue: 1
Year: 2008
Pages: 20
Link: http://www.encore-edu.org/... (PDF, 542 Kb)


Table of contents:

Conservation-Restoration Education in the light of the European Qualification Framework for Life Long Learning, René Larsen
Training & Education in Paper Conservation: An International Team, John Krill and A. Jean E. Brown
Responding to EQF in conservation-restoration education: From learning inputs to learning outcomes, Martina Caruana

18 December 2009

It's a material world (2008)


Title: It's a material world. Caring for the public realm
Authors: Samuel Jones and John Holden
Publisher: Demos
ISBN: 978-1-906693-077
Pages:
Year: 2008
Link: http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/materialworld (PDF, 7.2MB)

Description:
The choice of what things to conserve and how to conserve them simultaneously reflects and creates social value. This pamphlet demonstrates the social value of caring for the material world, and highlights the importance of conservation as being integral not only to the culture and heritage sector but also to social well-being.

Table of contents:

1. Caring for the material world
2. Conservation and its values
3. The UK conservation sector
4. Conservation under threat
5. The current contribution of conservation
6. A crisis for conservation education?
7. Conservation and the wider world
8. Projecting a spectrum of conservation
9. Building capital from interest
10. Conclusions and recommendations
Appendices
1. Methodology
2. Organisations consulted

Conservation of Artifacts Made from Plant Materials (1990)


Title: The Conservation of Artifacts Made from Plant Materials
Authors: Mary-Lou E. Florian, Dale Paul Kronkright and Ruth E. Norton
Publisher: The Getty Conservation Institute
Pages: 352
Year: 1990
Link: http://www.getty.edu/... (PDF, 7.2MB)


Table of Contents (short version):

Chapter 1. Plant Anatomy: An Illustrated Aid to Identification
Chapter 2. Identification of Plant and Animal Materials in Artifacts
Chapter 3. Technology of Plant Materials Used in Artifacts
Chapter 4. Deterioration of Artifacts Made From Plant Materials
Chapter 5. Conservation of Artifacts Made from Plant Materials

Appendices
1. Mending Structures with Twisted and Folded Mulberry Paper Strands
2. Construction of Storage Boxes and Folders
3. Characteristics of Adhesives
4. Dyeing Cellulosic Materials With Fiber-Reactive Dyes

Thin-Layer Chromatography for Binding Media Analysis (1996)


Title: Thin-Layer Chromatography for Binding Media Analysis
Authors: Mary F. Striegel and Jo Hill
Publisher: The Getty Conservation Institute
Pages:
186
Year:
1996
Link: http://www.getty.edu/... (PDF, 3.9MB)


Table of Contents (short version):

Part One: Handbook
Chapter 1. An Overview of Thin- Layer Chromatography
Chapter 2. Technique of Thin-Layer Chromatography
Chapter 3. Methodology for Thin- Layer Chromatography
Chapter 4. Analysis of Proteins by Thin-Layer Chromatography
Chapter 5. Analysis of Carbohydrates by Thin-Layer Chromatography
Chapter 6. Analysis of Waxes by Thin- Layer Chromatography
Chapter 7. Analysis of Resins by Thin-Layer Chromatography
Chapter 8. Visualization, Interpretation, Documentation, and Computer Analysis of Chromatographic Plates
Chapter 9. Scientific Examination of Works of Art

Part Two: Protocols
Protocol A. Identification of Proteins by Thin-Layer Chromatography
Protocol B. Identification of Carbohydrates by Thin-Layer Chromatography
Protocol C. Identification of Waxes by Thin-Layer Chromatography
Protocol D. Identification of Resins by Thin-Layer Chromatography
Protocol E. Written Documentation of the TLC Plate
Protocol F. Photodocumentation of the TLC Plate Using Visible Light
Protocol G. Photodocumentation of the TLC Plate Using Ultraviolet Light
Protocol H. Sample Application for Thin-Layer Chromatography
Protocol I. Evaluation of a TLC Plate
Protocol J. Acid Hydrolysis in a Pierce Vial Reaction Chamber
Protocol K. Vapor Phase Acid Hydrolysis in a Pierce Vial Reaction Chamber
Protocol L. Semiquantitative Computer Analysis of a TLC Plate

13 December 2009

JPEG 2000 as a Preservation Format (2009)


Title: JPEG 2000 as a Preservation and Access Format for the Wellcome Trust Digital Library
Authors: Rob Buckley and Simon Tanner
Publisher: King’s Digital Consultancy Service
Year: 2009

Pages: 17
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