Scientific research in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
By: edited by Marco Leona
Contributors: Leona, Marco
Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art bulletin -- v. 67, no. 1; Bulletin (Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)) -- v. 67, no. 1.
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Research; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Kunst; Forschung; Naturwissenschaften; Untersuchungsmethode; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); New York (NY)
Notes: "Summer 2009."--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The materiality of art: scientific research in art history and art conservation at the Metropolitan Museum  -- Marco Leona.; title: The chemistry of aging in oil paintings: metal soaps and visual changes  -- Silvia A. Centeno and Dorothy Mahon.; title: Roman variscite beads: in situ analysis by X-ray microdiffraction  -- Tony Frantz ... [et al.].; title: Khmer stone sculptures: a collection seen from a material point of view  -- Federico Carò.; title: The Neptune pendant: Renaissance jewel or nineteenth-century invention?  -- Mark T. Wypyski.; title: Immunology and art: using antibody-based techniques to identify proteins and gums in binding media and adhesives -- Julie Arslanoglu and Julia Schultz.