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

e-conservation 16 (2010)

Title: e-conservation
Issue: 16
Year: 2010
Link: http://www.e-conservationline.com/...
Download: http://www.e-conservationline.com/... (pdf, 9.33 Mb)


Table of Contents:

Editorial
The Gap in Conservation
by Rui Bordalo

News & Views
Pot Healer, I Need You
By Daniel Cull

Reviews
SEM and Microanalysis in the Study of Historical Technology, Materials and Conservation
Review by Ana Bidarra

Western Association for Art Conservation (WAAC) Annual Meeting
Review by Daniel Cull

Devastating Flood in Ladakh, India
A Support Program by Tibet Heritage Fund
By Andre Alexander

Articles
Identification of Ivory Book Covers and Comparison to Ivory Portrait Miniatures
By Josie Wornoff

Microbial Study of Egyptian Mummies: An Assessment of Enzyme Activity, Fungicides and Some Mummification Materials for the Inhibition of Microbial Deterioration
By Abdelrazek Elnaggar, Ahmed Sahab, Siham Ismail, Gamal Mahgoub and Mohammed Abdelhady

Case Study
Study of the painting Virgin Mary and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist: The Hidden Flora of Leonardo da Vinci’s Painting Workshop
By Miklós Szentkirályi

"The Annunciation" by Cola Petruccioli: The Restoration of the Transferred Wall Painting
By Ildikó Jeszeniczky

Book: Roman wall-painting

Title: The False-Door: dissolution and becoming in Roman wall-painting
Author: Maurice Owen
Year: 2010
Download: http://creadm.solent.ac.uk/... (html)

Description:

It examines the impact that the discovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum had on the modern world - from Neoclassicism to Disaster movies and unpacks the numerous modern filters through which we view this period in antiquity. It also puts forward new theories concerning the reasons why Pompeian artists, in 50 BC, used highly sophisticated forms of linear perspective, 1400 years before it was ‘invented’, in order to create 3-dimensional, domestically located, virtual reality environments. The thesis proposes that the wall-paintings were designed to psychologically transport the viewer to divine and ancestral worlds. This approach challenges the previous 250 years of discourse that defines them in purely decorative terms.

Table of contents:

Introduction
Back to the Present
The Neoclassicism of Pompeii
Tourism, Romanticism and Pompeii
Roman Wall-Painting and Film Culture
Approaching the Wall-Paintings
The House as Sanctuary
Worshiping the House
Wall-painting and the House as Sanctuary
False - Doors


Source: As announced by its author at http://www.arts-humanities.net/...

The Conservation of Wall Paintings (1991)

Title: The Conservation of Wall Paintings: Proceedings of a Symposium Organized by the Courtauld Institute of Art and The Getty Conservation Institute
Editor: Sharon Cather
Publisher: The Getty Conservation Institute
Year: 1991
Pages: 181
Format: PDF (6.3 Mb)
Link: http://www.getty.edu/...

Table of contents:

Scientific and Technical Examination of the Tomb of Queen Nefertari at Thebes, Frank Preusser
Preliminary Research for the Conservation of the Brancacci Chapel, Florence, Ornella Casazza and Sabino Giovannoni
Pretreatment Examination and Documentation: The Wall Paintings of Schloß Seehof, Bamberg, Karl Ludwig Dasser
The Role of the Architectural Fabric in the Preservation of Wall Paintings, Claus Arendt
The Conservation in Situ of the Romanesque Wall Paintings of Lambach, Ivo Hammer
The Frescoes of Michelangelo on the Vault of the Sistine Chapel: Conservation Methodology, Problems, and Results, Fabrizio Mancinelli
The Frescoes of Michelangelo on the Vault of the Sistine Chapel: Original Technique and Conservation, Gianluigi Colalucci
Conservation of Central Asian Wall Painting Fragments from the Stein Collection in the British Museum, S. B. Hanna and J. K. Dinsmore
Destruction and Restoration of Campanian Mural Paintings in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, Eric M. Moormann
Monitoring Wall Paintings Affected by Soluble Salts, Andreas Arnold and Konrad Zehnder
In Review: An Assessment of Florentine Methods of Wall Painting Conservation Based on the Use of Mineral Treatments, Mauro Matteini