Studying and conserving paintings : occasional papers on the Samuel H. Kress Collection.
Published / Created:
London : Archetype Publications ; c2006.
Physical Description:
230 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The Samuel H. Kress collection: conservation and context / Marilyn Perry -- The Samuel H. Kress program in paintings conservation at the conservation center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University / Margaret Holben Ellis -- Introduction to volume / Michele Marincola -- Acknowledgements / Michele Marincola -- Historical papers: Philosophies and tastes in nineteenth-century paintings conservation / Wendy Partridge -- Stephen Pichetto, conservator of the Kress collection, 1929-1949 / Ann Hoenigswald -- Mario Modestini, conservator of the Kress collection, 1949-1961 / Dianne Dwyer Modestino with Mario Modestini -- Technical studies & treatment: A new leaf: recent technical discoveries in the Goodhart Ducciesque master's Madonna and Child with Four Saints / Jennifer Sherman -- Botticelli's nativity / Charles R. Mack -- The re-use of a Desco da Parto / Mika Okawa & Dianne Dwyer Modestini -- The triumphs of Petrarch: an analysis of a renaissance decorative cycle / Wendy Partridge -- A portable triptych in El Paso / Dianne Dwyer Modestini -- Guidoccio Cozzarelli's Scenes from the life of the Virgin / Dianne Dwyer Modestini -- School of Pietro Perugino, Saint Sabastian / Annette Rupprecht & Sheri Francis Shaneyfelt -- The master of the Manchester Madonna: restoration, technique, and a context for attribution / Molly March -- Portrait of a lady and techniques in the late paintings of Nicolaes Maes / Laurent Sozzani with Christopher McGlinchey -- View of the Molo: A Canaletto attribution reinstates / Elise Effmann -- Canaletto paints the Molo from the Ponte della Paglia / Katharine Baetjer -- View of the Grand canal with Dogana and Guardi Studio practices / Helen Spande.
Subject Terms:
Painting, Italian -- Conservation and restoration. | Painting -- Conservation and restoration -- New York (State) -- New York. | Kress, Samuel H. (Samuel Henry), 1863-1955 -- Art collections.
Contributors:
New York University. Institute of Fine Arts. Conservation Center.