World Congress of the Organization of World Heritage Cities (2008)

Editors: Juan Manuel Martinez, Françoise Descamps and Kathleen Louw
Title: Proceedings 9th World Congress of the Organization of World Heritage Cities, Kazan, 19-23 June, 2007
Publisher: The Getty Conservation Institute
Year: 2008
Links:
English [972 KB, 88 pp.]
Français [1 MB, 88 pp.]
Español [1 MB, 88 pp.]

Table of contents (short version):

Keynote Presentations
Overview of Heritage and Economics: Some Basic Concepts, David Throsby
Sustainable Development Based on Valorizing the Historic Urban Fabric, Mona Serageldin
A Balancing Act, Managing Development Pressures in Urban Heritage Sites: The multiple Values of Urban Heritage Sites, Eduardo Rojas
Practical Tools for the Enhancement of Heritage and Economics in Historic Cities: An Operational Approach, Jean-Louis Luxen
Reports of Discussions

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

Biodeterioration of Polymers and Resins (1988)

Title: Assessment of the Susceptibility to Biodeterioration of Selected Polymers and Resins
Authors: Robert J. Koestler and E.D. Santoro
Publisher: The Getty Conservation Institute
Year: 1988
Pages: 118
Link: http://www.getty.edu/... (PDF, 10.4 Mb)


Table of contents:

1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
6. Bibliography
Appendices
A. Literature Review of Consolidants
B. Morphological characteristics of Fungal Isolates
C. Summary of In Situ Liquid Particle Counting Data and Vendor Information

Experimental Design for Art Conservation Research (1992)

Title: Principles of Experimental Design for Art Conservation Research
Authors: Terry J. Reedy and Chandra L. Reedy
Publisher: The Getty Conservation Institute
Year: 1992
Pages: 123
Link: http://www.getty.edu/... (PDF, 1.6 Mb)
Preface to the Electronic Edition, 2008. (3pp., 19KB)


Table of contents:

1. Conservation Science and Practice
2. The Scientific Method and Conservation Research
3. Single-Object Studies
4. Experimental Design
5. statistical analysis
6. Multiple-Object (Group) Studies
7. Conservation Treatment Trials
Statistical Glossary & Index
References

The Visual Pigments (1957)

Title: The Visual Pigments

Author: Herbert J. A. Dartnall

Publisher: Methuen and Company (London), and John Wiley and Sons (New York)

Year: 1957

Pages: 216
Formats available: Flip Book, txt, DjVu, html, xml and pdf (colour and b/w)
Link: http://www.archive.org/...

Table of contents:
Chapter I. Introduction and Methods
Chapter II. The Visual Pigments and Their Photoproducts
Chapter III. The Physical Chemistry of Visual Purple
Chapter IV. The Structure of Visual Purple
Chapter V. Isomerism and the Visual Pigments
Chapter VI. The Homogeneity of Visual Pigment Solutions
Chapter VII. Other Methods of Studying Visual Pigments