Big pictures
Subtitle: problems and solutions for treating outsize paintings
By: edited by Sally Woodcock.
Contributors: Woodcock, Sally.; United Kingdom Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. Paintings Section.; Tate Modern (Gallery); State University College at Buffalo. Dept. of Art Conservation
Publisher: Archetype
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781904982036
Subjects: Painting -- Conservation and restoration -- Congresses.; Art -- Handling -- Congresses.; Painting -- Transportation -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Problems and solutions for treating outsize paintings; Art Conservation Department Library
Description: Describes solutions for the problems presented by pictures too large for lorries, unable to fit through windows and doors, and beyond the dimensions of any lining table. Demonstrates how large-scale works of art can be moved, treated, displayed and stored safely and efficiently.
Notes: "Papers presented at a conference held at Tate Modern in December 2000 and organized by the Paintings Section of the United Kingdom Institute of Conservation"--Pref.

Art Conservation Department Library.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Conservation of large miniatures on ivory / Alan Derbyshire; value: The conservation of large-format works of art on paper / A. Jean E. Brown; value: The conservation and reinstatement of the Lonsdale Frieze, Mount Stuart / Clare Meredith and Colleen Donaldson; value: Installation of L'Escargot, by Henri Matisse / Calvin Winner; value: Cy Twombly: big pictures in a travelling retrospective / Michael Duffy; value: Touring Robert Rauschenberg's 32-ft-long painting Barge / Gillian McMillan; value: The problem of the seven foot door / Ian McClure; value: 'The unloved painting' by Guido Reni / Christine Leback Sitwell; value: Using aluminum for a stretcher: a practical assessment / Jacqueline Ridge, Dave Jones and Jack Warans; value: The challenges of storing a collection of theatre backcloths / Nicola Costaras and Stephen King; value: The battle with Trafalgar / Valentine Walsh and Richard Pelter; value: A cold-lining technique for large-scale paintings / Kate Seymour and Jos van Och; value: The structural treatment of a series of large dynastic portraits of Louis XIV and family on-site at Chateau de Balleroy, Normandy / Jim Dimond with Warwick MacCallum; value: The restoration of Caravaggio's The beheading of Saint John the Baptist / Marco Ciatti; value: The Battle of Meanee by Edward Armitage, 1847 / Claire Chorley; value: The defeat of the floating batteries off Gibraltar by John Singleton Copley: history and display / Gerry Alabone with Louise Dandy; value: The defeat of the floating batteries off Gibraltar by John Singleton Copley: a painting waiting for a wall / Sally Woodcock.