Removal of Damaging Conservation Treatments on Mural Paintings (2007)

Title: Removal of Damaging Conservation Treatments on Mural Paintings

Editor: Hélène Svahn Garreau

Publisher: Swedish National Heritage Board

Year: 2010

Pages: 72

Format: PDF (3.87 Mb)

Link: http://www.raa.se/...

From the Introduction:

The Swedish National Heritage Board held a two-day workshop named “Removal of Damaging Conservation Treatments on Mural Paintings” on November 2 and 3, 2007 at Österbybruk and Vendel. The workshop was sponsored by “FoU-medel” (R&D funds), distributed by the Swedish National Heritage Board and from “Syskonen Bothéns stiftelse” distributed by ”Nordiska konservatorförbundet Svenska sektionen” (NKF-S). This is the final report, which includes a summary of the presentations and discussions during the workshop.

Table of Contents (short version):

Introduction, Hélène Svahn Garreau

Biotechnological Approach for the Removal of Damaging Casein-Layer on Medieval Wall Paintings, Sascha Beutel

German Experiments with Enzyme Reduction of Casein on Mural Paintings, Kerstin Klein

Nanoscience for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Piero Baglioni

The Conservation of the Mural Paintings in Vendel, Ragnhild Claesson and Hélène Svahn Garreau

Problems with Casein Glue on Wall Paintings Transferred to Canvas, Isabelle Brajer

Removal of Undesirable Compounds from Stone and Frescoes using Bacteria, Francesca Cappitelli

Problems with Past Conservation Treatments on the Wall Church Paintings in Undløse, Isabelle Brajer

Article: Fresco restoration: digital image processing approach (2009)

Title: Fresco restoration: digital image processing approach
Authors: Jan Blazek, Barbara Zitová, Miroslav Beneš, and Janka Hradilová
Reference: 17th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2009), Glasgow, Scotland, August 24-28, 2009, pp. 1210-1214
Link: http://utia.cas.cz/... (pdf, 667 Kb)

Abstract:

In this paper, we present an application of digital image processing algorithms for the process of fresco restoration. Modern methods for image preprocessing and evaluation such as image registration, image fusion, and image segmentation are applied on images of the fresco, obtained in different modalities (visual and ultraviolet spectra) and at different times. Moreover, local chemical analyzes are taken into account during the image analysis. The robustness of proposed algorithms should be high due to the bad state of the fresco. Achieved results can give to art restorers better insight into the evolution of the fresco aging and in this way a proper conservation method can be chosen. Developed methods are illustrated by generated output images.

Article: Mural Paintings in Coptic Monasteries (2003)

Title: Mural Paintings in Coptic Monasteries: Problems of Dating and Conservation
Author: Karel Innemée
Reference: Living for Eternity: The White Monastery and its Neighborhood. Proceedings of a Symposium at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, March 6 – 9. 2003. Ed. Philip Sellew.
Download: http://egypt.cla.umn.edu/... (text pdf, 164 Kb)
http://egypt.cla.umn.edu/... (article with images, pdf, 18.5 Mb)

Abstract:

Egyptian churches preserve paintings from the first centuries of Christianity when Egypt was a leader in church affairs, as well as from later periods that show the continued vigor of Egyptian ("Coptic") Christianity long after the Arab conquest of Egypt. These paintings have often suffered from neglect, and paradoxically the current revival of monasticism and of pilgrimage sometimes creates conditions that further endangering them. This lecture will present the current achievements of the conservation project at Deir al-Suriani (the Monastery of the Syrians), discussing the problems of conservation, dating, and interpretation when there are several superimposed layers of painting. It will relate this situation to that in other sites, particularly the so-called Red Monastery in Upper Egypt.

The Nefertari Wall Paintings Conservation Project (1993)

Title: Art and Eternity. The Nefertari Wall Paintings Conservation Project. 1986-1992
Editors: Miguel Angel Corso and Mahasti Afshar
Publisher: The Getty Conservation Institute
Year: 1993
Links: Section 1 (54pp., 7.4MB, pdf)
Section 2 (80pp., 6.6MB, pdf)
Section 3 (30pp., 5.5MB, pdf)


Table of contents (short version):

- The Valley of the Queens and Royal Children, Christian Leblanc
- Iconography of the Nefertari Wall Paintings, Mahasti Afshar
- Original Painting Techniques and Materials used in the Tomb of Nefertari, Stephen Rickerby
- Analyses of Pigments, Binding Media, and Varnishes, Dusan Stulik, Eduardo Porta and Antoni Palet
- The nefertari Conservation Program, Paolo Mora and Laura Sbordoni Mora
- The Color Measurement Program in the tomb of Nefertari, Michael Schilling
- Photographic Documentation of the Nefertari Wall Paintings, Mahasti Afshar
- Environmental Monitoring at the Tomb of Nefertari, Shin Maekawa
- Conclusion, Neville Agnew
- Source Materials for the Study of the Nefertary Wall Paintings, Mahasti Afshar