Scientific research on the pictorial arts of Asia
Subtitle: proceedings of the Second Forbes Symposium at the Freer Gallery of Art
By: edited by Paul Jett, John Winter and Blythe McCarthy.
Contributors: Jett, Paul.; Winter, John F.; McCarthy, Blythe.; Freer Gallery of Art.; State University College at Buffalo. Dept. of Art Conservation.
Publisher: Archetype
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9781873132746
Subjects: Art, Asian -- Research -- Congresses.; Art and science -- Congresses.; Asia -- Antiquities -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Art Conservation Department Library
Description: Explores a variety of materials and techniques used in creating pictorial art from various parts of Asia.
Notes: Published in association with the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Art Conservation Department Library.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: A technical study of the Hokkedō konpon mandara; value: Materials for "gold" and "silver" tints in pictorial ornamentation of twelfth-century Japanese manuscripts; value: Scientific analysis used in the treatment of the Map of the world and famous cities screens and results new perspectives on the paintings; value: Three polychrome Japanese Buddhist sculptures from the Kamakura Period: the scientific examination of layer structures, ground materials, pigments, metal leafs, and powders; value: The identification and light sensitivity of Japanese woodblock print colorants: the impact on art history and preservation; value: Dayflower blue: its appearance and lightfastness in traditional Japanese prints; value: Recent research on historic paper components in East Asian art objects; value: An evaluation of Xuan paper permanence and discussion of historical Chinese paper materials; value: Traditional Korean papermaking; value: An investigation of alum in the gelatin sizing of far Eastern paintings on silk; value: Foxing on the backs of Chinese paintings; value: Chinese painting colors: history and reality; value: Painting materials and deterioration phenomena in a Yuan Dynasty wall painting; value: Research plan for the restoration of the multicolored paintings in Lungshan Temple at Lu-Gang; value: Crossing the line: the interplay between scientific examination and conservation approaches in the treatment of a fifteenth-century Nepali Thangka; value: Kalighat Pats: an examination of techniques and materials; value: The conservation of the cultural property of India: board games depicted as murals; value: Artistic practices of the Bohol School of Painting: an analytical and archival study of nineteenth-century panel paintings in the Philippines; value: Wall decoration systems in the Temples of Angkor.