Heritage Wood Investigation and Conservation of Art on Wood /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nevin, Austin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sawicki, Malgorzata (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Cultural Heritage Science,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Cultural heritage.; Forest products.; Analytical chemistry.; Fine arts.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Cultural Heritage.; Wood Science & Technology.; Analytical Chemistry.; Fine Arts.

 This volume highlights recent research efforts in the conservation and investigation of works of art on wood. Through eleven case studies it showcases different experimental methods ranging from X-ray analysis of objects to the study of cross-sections made from micro-samples. New research focusing on the technical study, treatment and assessment of works of art on wood in its many forms is featured in this edited volume. Technical studies include the attribution and investigations of a triptych by Hans Memling and a sculpture from workshop of Michel and Gregor Erhart, decorated Syrian rooms, and investigations of finely carved Gothic wooden objects. Synchrotron-based methods are presented for studying the alteration of 19th c. verdigris in Norway, and multi-analytical methods are employed for the investigations of 16th to 19th c. East Asian lacquer from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Novel methods for the cleaning of gilded surfaces using gels and emulsions are shown, as are innovative strategies for the consolidation for waterlogged wood, providing key data for the assessment of risks and benefits of new methods, and the short and long-term effects on gilding layers and archaeological wood. The book clearly shows how collaboration between engineers, physicists, biologists and chemists and conservators of different types of materials can lead to new research in conservation science. This book is crucial reading for conservators and conservation scientists, as well as for technical art historians, providing key methodological case studies of polychromy from different temporal and geographical contexts. 

 1. An Investigation of the Feasibility of the Use of Gels and Emulsions in Cleaning of Wooden Gilded Surfaces. Part A: Removal of Brass-Based Overpainting -- 2. New Consolidants for the Conservation of Archaeological Wood -- 3. Analytical examination and conservation of East Asian lacquer works from European collections -- 4. Technology for technology's sake: The technical study of Gothic miniature boxwood carvings in the Thomson Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario -- 5. The use of a copper green oil paint in the interiors of Eidsvoll Manor in Norway: Analysis of a discoloured architectural paint from 1814 -- 6. A Polychrome Wooden Interior from Damascus: A Multi-Method Approach for the Identification of Manufacturing Techniques, Materials and Art Historical Background -- 7. Christ on a donkey from the workshop of Michel and Gregor Erhart. Conservation and technological research -- 8. Multi-disciplinary approach to the identification of authorship of The Last Judgement triptych from the National Museum in Gdańsk attributed to Hans Memling.