TY - BOOK ID - 48303732 TI - Heritage Wood : Investigation and Conservation of Art on Wood AU - Nevin, Austin. AU - Sawicki, Malgorzata. PY - 2019 SN - 3030110540 3030110532 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Wood KW - Preservation. KW - Materials science. KW - Cultural heritage. KW - Forest products. KW - Analytical chemistry. KW - Fine arts. KW - Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. KW - Cultural Heritage. KW - Wood Science & Technology. KW - Analytical Chemistry. KW - Fine Arts. KW - Analysis, Chemical KW - Analytical chemistry KW - Chemical analysis KW - Metallurgical analysis KW - Mineralogy, Determinative KW - Forest production KW - Botany, Economic KW - Commercial products KW - Raw materials KW - Cultural heritage KW - Cultural patrimony KW - Cultural resources KW - Heritage property KW - National heritage KW - National patrimony KW - National treasure KW - Patrimony, Cultural KW - Treasure, National KW - Property KW - World Heritage areas KW - Material science KW - Physical sciences KW - Kyanizing KW - Powellized timber KW - Preservation of wood KW - Timber KW - Wood preservation KW - Wood protection KW - Preserved wood KW - Preservation KW - Protection KW - Deterioration KW - Analytic chemistry KW - Chemistry, Analytic KW - Chemistry UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:48303732 AB - 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. ER -