The Science of Paintings
With Contributions from Peter I. Kuniholm, Richard Newman, Dusan C. Stulik
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Product details:
- Edition number 2000
- Publisher Springer
- Date of Publication 16 June 2000
- Number of Volumes 1 pieces, Book
- ISBN 9780387987224
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages236 pages
- Size 254x178 mm
- Weight 937 g
- Language English
- Illustrations XI, 236 p. Illustrations, black & white 0
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Short description:
This book discusses the physics and materials science behind paintings: the pigments, binders, canvas, varnish and so forth, that go into making a painting appear the way it does. Such knowledge can help the amateur or connoisseur understand the uses and limits of materials used in paintings, and it can help the historian and conservator authenticate and preserve works of art.
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The beauty, mystery, joy, and inspired observation of the human spirit that paintings evoke result from a complex of intuitive and cognitive choices made by the artist. An understanding of the genesis of these choices can be as elusive as the resulting imagery, but great paintings seem to initiate in us a curiosity about the ideas, methods, and mate- als used by their creators. In the twentieth century connoisseurship has been enriched by the application of methods of scientific analysis. The results of these investigations into the physical properties of paintings have shed new light on their authenticity and individual histories as well as on the craft in general. Developments in the fields of physics and chemistry have allowed us to understand still more about how we p- ceive and interact with paintings. This book is intended for those both inside and outside the field of art who wish to gain insight into the making of paintings. It is directed toward students, teachers, and scientists in engineering, physics, and chemistry as well as those in art, art history, and art conservation. This book grew out of the interdisciplinary undergraduate-level course Art, Isotopes, and Ana- sis taught at Cornell University by the two authors and supported in l- tures and seminars by three of the contributing authors: Dr. Richard Newman, of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Dr. Dusan Stulik, of the Getty Conservation Institute; and Prof.
MoreTable of Contents:
The Structure and Analysis of Paintings.- Paint.- Organic Binders.- The Painter?s Color and Light.- Color and Light.- Optics of Paint Films.- Beyond the Eye.- Detection of Fakes.- Object of Interaction.
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