Tools to Outline Treatment Proposals
In art conservation, when examining an artwork to outline a treatment proposal, conservators go through a process very similar to “close reading” a text. First, they look at the artwork, pointing ….
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Handling and Transportation of Works of Art
Artnet News, an electronic magazine, published on November 23rd an interesting article about Handling and…
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What is Art Conservation?
In his Theory of Restoration, Cesare Brandi, an art critic, historian, and specialist in art conservation/restoration,…
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Paintings Conservation: Conserving a Masterpiece
The Norton Museum of Art has just opened an exhibition around the painting from Claude-Joseph Vernet ´s “The Fishermen”; a great example of a landscape painting from the mid 18thcentury.
The painting, was treated by South Florida Art Conservation during the past three months. The condition of the painting was far from optimal, with structural issues that affected the support and the paint layer.
