Heritage Wood: Investigation and Conservation of Art on Wood

Author:   Austin Nevin ,  Malgorzata Sawicki
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2019
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Pages:   226
Publication Date:   28 October 2019
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Author:   Austin Nevin ,  Malgorzata Sawicki
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2019
Weight:   0.609kg
ISBN:  

9783030110536


ISBN 10:   3030110532
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   28 October 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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1. An Investigation of the Feasibility of the Use of Gels and Emulsions in Cleaning of Wooden Gilded Surfaces. Part A: Removal of Brass-Based Overpainting .- 2. New Consolidants for the Conservation of Archaeological Wood.- 3. Analytical examination and conservation of East Asian lacquer works from European collections.- 4. Technology for technology’s sake: The technical study of Gothic miniature boxwood carvings in the Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario.- 5. The use of a copper green oil paint in the interiors of Eidsvoll Manor in Norway: Analysis of a discoloured architectural paint from 1814.- 6. A Polychrome Wooden Interior from Damascus: A Multi-Method Approach for the Identification of Manufacturing Techniques, Materials and Art Historical Background.- 7. Christ on a donkey from the workshop of Michel and Gregor Erhart. Conservation and technological research.- 8. Multi-disciplinaryapproach to the identification of authorship of The Last Judgement triptych from the National Museum in Gdańsk attributed to Hans Memling.

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Austin Nevin, chemist and conservator, is a Researcher at the CNR-IFN where he has worked since 2011, and he is the coordinator of the CNR-IFN research group. His research focuses on the analysis of paintings and painting materials, and the study of ancient and modern cultural heritage using optical and spectroscopic techniques. He is the co-author of over 40 publications, one of the editors of the Springer series Cultural Heritage Science and a member of the permanent scientific committee of the LACONA and of the TECHNART conferences. He has served as the coordintor of the Scientific Research Working Group of ICOM-CC (from 2011-2014) and is a Council Member and Fellow of the IIC (since 2013). Following a degree in Chemistry (Mchem) from the University of Oxford (2001) and a 3-year MA in the Consrvation of Paintings (Wall Paintings) from the Courtauld Institute of Art (2004), Nevin went on to obtain a PhD from the Courtauld entitled “Fluorescence and Raman Spectroscopy for the analysis of proteinb-based binding media” (2008). Between 2004-2007 he won a Marie Curie Early Stage Training Fellowship at IESL-FORTH (Greece) where his research focussed on the analysis of paintings using laser-based techniques.

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