Sources on art technology : back to basics. Proceedings of the sixth symposium of the ICOM-CC Working Group for Art Technological Source Research, held at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 16-17 June 2014.

Type: Publication

ISBN: 978-1-909492-33-2.

Meeting: ICOM Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC). Working Group for Art Technological Source Research. Symposium, 6th, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2014

Place, publisher, year: London : Archetype Publications, 2016

Notes: Incl. notes and bibliographical references.

Collation: vii, 163 p. ; illus. ; 30 cm

Author: Eyb-Green, Sigrid; Townsend, Joyce H.; Pilz, Kathrin; Kroustallis, Stefanos; van Leeuwen, Idelette (eds.)

Year: 2016.

Serial type: Book - Monograph - Document

Synopsis: This volume contains contributions to the 6th Interim meeting of the ICOM-CC Art Technological Source Research Working Group held in June 2014. The papers cover different aspects of art technological source research into artists' materials and techniques, including their history, transcription, translation and interpretation. Some contributions focus on specific sources, while others discuss the manufacture and use of particular materials or methods including zinc, vitriol, copper resinate, horn, pastel colours, and tac dye. [Publisher's abstract]

Description: scientific examination; art techniques; pigments; research. international committees; conservation; publications.