Facing the Challenges of Panel Paintings Conservation: Trends, Treatments and Training
May 17 and 18, 2009
Harold Williams Auditorium
The Getty Center, Los Angeles
Harold Williams Auditorium
The Getty Center, Los Angeles
Conference Day One: Sunday, May 17, 2009
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Tim Whalen, Welcome (10:51) |
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Session One
Recent Work in the Structural Conservation of Panel Paintings
Session Two
Recent Work in the Structural Conservation of Panel Paintings, cont'd.
SESSION ONE
Recent Work in the Structural Conservation of Panel Paintings
Introduction: Ian McClure, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
The Treatment of Durer's Adam and Eve Panels at the Prado Museum (41:45)
George Bisacca, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Repair and Support of Thinned Panel Paintings: A Case Study in Modifying Established Techniques (28:45)
Britta New, National Gallery, London

The Conservation of Panel Painting Wooden Supports at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure Florence: Experiences and Methodologies (39:47)
Marco Ciatti, Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence

Panel Discussion (35:13)
George Bisacca, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Britta New, National Gallery, London
Marco Ciatti, Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence

SESSION TWO
Recent Work in the Structural Conservation of Panel Paintings, cont'd.
Recent Work in the Structural Conservation of Panel Paintings, cont'd.
Introduction: Jørgen Wadum, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
The Development of Flexible Auxiliary Support Systems for Panel Paintings and the Monitoring of Movement by Strain Gauges (28:10) Ingrid Hopfner, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Experimental Evaluation of Adhesives/Filler Combinations for Joining Panel Paintings (23:16)
Christina Young, Courtauld Institute of Art, London

Gap-Filling and Flexible Adhesives for Wood Conservation (36:06)
Donald Williams, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, Suitland, Maryland

The Development of a Spring Mechanism for use in Conjunction with Auxiliary Supports for Previously Thinned Panels (28:10)
George Bisacca, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

A Hybrid Approach to the Structural Treatment of Panel Paintings: Case Studies from American Collections (21:54)
Monica Greisbach, Private practice, New York

Panels in Furniture: Observations and Conservation Issues (26:20)
Paul van Duin, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Restoration: A Sound Practice (37:42)
Jonathan Woolston, Jonathan Woolston Violins, Cambridge and London

Panel Discussion (30:51)
Jørgen Wadum, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Ingrid Hopfner, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Christina Young, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Donald Williams, Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute, Suitland, Maryland
George Bisacca, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Monica Greisbach, Private practice, New York
Paul van Duin, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Jonathan Woolston, Jonathan Woolston Violins, Cambridge and London
