e-conservaton magazine 22 (2011)

Title: e-conservation

Issue: 22

Pages: 86

Year: 2011

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Table of Contents:

Editorial
The Nomad Conservator
By Rui Bordalo

News & Views
Intangible Cultural Heritage and Rise of the Meme
By Daniel Cull

On Some Problems of the Relationship Between Science and Conservation
By António João Cruz

Historic Conservation Project Begins at “Machu Picchu of the North”
By Global Heritage Fund

Reviews
Conservation Matters in Wales
Review by Johanna Sandström

Microscopy and Microanalysis Applications in Cultural Heritage Research
Review by Ana Bidarra

MATCONS 2011
Review by Teodora Poiata

ICOM-CC 16th Triennial Conference
Review by Rui Bordalo

Articles
The External Ion Beam Facility in Portugal for Studying Cultural Heritage
By Victoria Corregidor, Luís Cerqueira Alves, Paula Alexandra Rodrigues, Márcia Vilarigues, Rui C. Silva

The Contribution of Transmitted Infrared Imaging to Non-Invasive Study of Canvas Paintings at the National Gallery – Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Greece
By Anna Moutsatsou, Dimitra Skapoula, Michael Doulgeridis

Chinese Islamic Scrolls: a Conservation Case Study
By Aristoteles Sakellariou, Lalit Kumar Pathak, Siti Yuhainizar Mohd Ismail

Conservation Intervention of Vernacular Architectures: Two Case Studies in Calabria, Italy
By Alessia Bianco

e-conservation 21 (2011)

Title: e-conservation

Issue: 21

Pages: 90

Year: 2011

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Index:

EDITORIAL
On continual learning
By Rui Bordalo


NEWS & VIEWS
Restoration, Reality, and Life Behind the ‘Velvet Rope’
By Daniel Cull

Business Management Education in the Conservation Community
By Sarah Lowengard


REVIEWS
New Approaches on Book and Paper Conservation-Restoration
Review by Penelope Banou

NESAT XI - Conference of the Northern European Symposium of Ancient Textiles
Review by Annette Paetz gen. Schieck and Sylvia Mitschke

Outdoor Wall Paintings, Material and Techniques
Review by Mirjam Jullien and Johanna Nessow

Preservation of Archaeological Remains in Situ (PARIS 4)
Review by Mike Corfield and Jim William

University Training of Restoration within the European Educational Context
Review by Luboš Machacko


ARTICLES
Characterization of Natural and Synthetic Dyes Employed in the Manufacture of Chinese Garment Pieces by C-DAD and LC-DAD-QTOF
By Estrella Sanz Rodríguez, Angela Arteaga Rodríguez, María Antonia García and Rodríguez Carmen Cámara

An Innovative Stretcher for Canvas Paintings
By Osama M. El-Feky

Deterioration and Rates of Weathering of the Monumental Rock Inscriptions
at Wadi Hammamat, Egypt
By Hesham Abbas Kmally


EDUCATION
Sustainability in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage through Education Training
in Wood Conservation and Restoration in Malta
By Ninette Sammut

Thesis: Varnishes from historical musical instruments (2010)

Title: Characterization of the varnishes from historical musical instruments
Author: Francesco Caruso
University: University of Palermo
Type of document: PhD
Year: 2010
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Abstract

The characterization of materials such as glues, paints, pigments, binders and varnishes used to create artworks, continues to provide art historians and conservators with precious information. Such a knowledge enables restoration and conservation processes to be carried out properly without causing any damage to the original artefacts and also helps to understand the techniques used by the artists. The varnishing of musical instruments has been an interesting debating point since the end of the 19th century for lute-makers and industries focused onto the (re)production of high quality instruments. To date, there is considerable scientific interest in recovering the original formulations (the secrets of the old masters) and transferring such knowledge to restorers, conservators, lute-makers and musicologists. Ample scientific efforts have been made to identify the organic and the inorganic portions of the surface layers of several historical stringed instruments, although the interest has mainly been focused on North-Italian ones. This doctoral dissertation is devoted to the use of a non standard multianalytical method for the characterization of the varnish of a selection of historical stringed musical instruments from the "Musical Instruments Museum" in Brussels and the "Vincenzo Bellini" Conservatory in Palermo. A series of non-destructive and micro-destructive instrumental techniques was applied for obtaining information about the composition of the varnishes of the instruments. Particular attention was given to the implementation of a Curie Point Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography coupled with Mass Spectrometry methodology for the study of the organic portions of the micro-samples without any special pre-treatment. This is the first systematic scientific work on the art works of such collections and one of the few in the field of chemical sciences applied to the conservation of historical musical instruments.


Table of contents (short version):

1. Introduction

1.1. History of the collection of the \Vincenzo Bellini" Conservatory in Palermo
1.2. History of the \Musical Instruments Museum" in Brussels
1.3. Scientific studies on the varnish of historical musical instruments
1.4. The analysed instruments and their labels
2. Experimental
2.1. Non destructive techniques
2.2. Micro-destructive techniques
3. Results and discussion

3.1. Non destructive techniques
3.2. Micro-destructive techniques
4. Conclusions
References
A. XRF results on the instruments from the "Musical Instruments Museum" in Brussels
B. FTIR spectra and band assignments of reference materials

C. Scientific activity

Tracking Colour - Preliminary Report 2 (2010)

Title: Tracking Colour. The polychromy of Greek and Roman sculpture in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Preliminary Report 2

Editor: Jan Stubbe Østergaard and the Copenhagen Polychromy Network

Publisher: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek & the Copenhagen Polychromy Network

Year: 2010

Pages: 88

ISSN: 1904-1888

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From the Preface:

This report is a preliminary account of the 2010 activities of the NCG/CPN ‘Tracking Colour’ project. It offers an overview of salient aspects of developments in 2010, ending on a very happy note: an application to the Carlsberg Foundation for funding of a two-year prolongation of the project, from June 1st, 2011, has met with success. [...]

Table of Contents (short version):

‘Tracking Colour’ in 2010, Jan Stubbe Østergaard

NCG/CPN INVESTIGATIONS IN 2010

The Technical Investigation of Sculptural Polychromy at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek 2009–2010 – An Outline, Maria Louise Sargent and Rikke Hoberg Therkildsen

Research on Ancient Sculptural Polychromy with Focus on a 2nd Century CE Marble Amazon, Maria Louise Sargent and Rikke Hoberg Therkildsen

The Sciarra Amazon Investigation: Some Archaeological Comments, Jan Stubbe Østergaard

DIGITAL DATA ASSETS MANAGEMENT

Tracking Colour Online: Managing and Sharing the Digital Assets of the NCG/CPN Project, Amalie Skovmøller

Tracking Colour - Preliminary Report 1 (2009)

Title: Tracking Colour. The polychromy of Greek and Roman sculpture in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Preliminary Report 1

Editor: Jan Stubbe Østergaard and the Copenhagen Polychromy Network

Publisher: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek & the Copenhagen Polychromy Network

Year: 2009

Pages: 98

ISSN: 1904-1888

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From the Preface:

From 2004 to 2008, the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek and the Copenhagen Polychromy Network (CPN) carried out a Pilot Project in the museum’s collection of Greek and Roman sculpture. In June 2008 we started the so-called Main Project which will run until 2011. The first phase of visual examination began in January 2009 and lasted until this summer. Some provisional results of these activities are published in this first Preliminary Report. The Report also contains an introduction to the CPN and outlines of both the Pilot Project and the Main Project. The protocol followed in visual examination and documentation is not the subject of a separate article, but is presented instead as applied in practise. [...]

Table of Contents:

Introducing the Copenhagen Polychromy Network, Jan Stubbe Østergaard

The Copenhagen Polychromy Network pilot project 2004–2008

The CPN Pilot Project: a brief introduction and evaluation, Jan Stubbe Østergaard

Investigating the polychromy of a Classical Attic Greek marble female head NCG IN 2830, Mikkel Scharff, Rebecca Hast, Nicoline Kalsbeek, Jan Stubbe Østergaard

Preliminary results from geochemical analysis of pigments on ancient Greek & Roman marble sculptures, Minik T. Rosing and Jan Stubbe Østergaard

Raman spectroscopy characterization of colored pigments in archaeological materials, Rolf W. Berg

The Copenhagen Polychromy Network main project 2008–2011

The CPN Main Project 2008–2011: an outline, Jan Stubbe Østergaard

Documentation and investigation of traces of colour on the Archaic Sphinx NCG IN 1203, Maria Louise Sargent, Lin Rosa Spaabek, Mikkel Scharff, Jan Stubbe Østergaard