31 July 2009

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