Preprints of the Gerry Hedley Symposium 2004.
Contributors: State University College at Buffalo. Dept. of Art Conservation.; Hamilton Kerr Institute.; Gerry Hedley Symposium (22nd : 2004 : University of Cambridge)
Publisher: Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Whittlesford, Cambrdige
Language: eng
Number of pages: 76
Subjects: Painting -- Conservation and restoration -- Congresses.; Art -- Conservation and restoration -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Art Conservation Department Library
Description: Essays on various topics of art conservation and preservation, specifically for paintings.
Notes: Symposium hosted by the students and interns of the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge, England on June 9, 2004.

Art Conservation Department Library.

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Table of contents: value: Design of a new adjustable stretcher for canvas painting; value: A study of the materials and techniques of the 13th century tomb of Aveline, Countess of Lancaster, in Westminster Abbey; value: Experiences from a country house; value: An investigation into the use, fading and surface deterioration of red lake pigments in the work of Vincent van Gogh, focusing on six paintings from his Antwerp and Paris periods; value: Measurement of the response of simulated panel paintings to fluctuations in humidity, aided by photogrammetry; value: An investigation into alternative thickening agents for the preparation of solvent gels; value: Science and secrets of Tudor portrait miniatures: practical reconstruction of the materials and painting techniques; value: A non-destructive, in-situ investigation into the pigments present in a collection of 8 Indian miniature paintings; value: The restoration and examination of a seventeenth century panel painting after Dürer; value: Hyper-realist modern and contemporary art: implications of damage and deterioration for artistic practice.