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Wednesday, 16 November 2011 |
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Issue No. 22, November 2011 of e-conservation
magazine is now online and available for free download!
Editorial: The Nomad Conservator
By Rui Bordalo
When the computer gained a permanent place in our houses, teleworking or rather the home based work revolution started. But conservation is not one of those professions you can carry out from your computer at home, unless you are working in documentation. On the contrary, conservation has always been work that ...
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On Some Problems of the Relationship Between Science and Conservation
By António João Cruz
It is now common ground that Science (exact and natural sciences) is an important and indispensable support for Conservation. For example, any higher education degree of Conservation contains in its curriculum several courses on Chemistry, Physics, Materials and Biology, which help to understand the materiality of the works to be conserved, and Methods of Examination and Analysis that are fundamental for identification and characterisation of the materials that constitute the works of art.
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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
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Transmitted infrared imaging is a neglected technique for the study of canvas paintings, having only some few relevant references. The present paper documents the use of transmitted infrared imaging in a non-invasive study of canvas paintings from the National Gallery – Alexandros Soutzos Museum in Athens, Greece....
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Chinese Islamic Scrolls: a Conservation Case Study
By Aristoteles Sakellariou, Lalit Kumar Pathak, Siti Yuhainizar Mohd Ismail
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This article presents a case study from the Islamic Arts Museum of Malaysia’s experience with Chinese Islamic Scrolls. What makes Chinese Islamic scrolls so unique is the combination of Arabic script applied on a scroll with the principles of Chinese brush painting. The conservation team started with historic research, then examined the scroll and decided for the best treatment....
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