Talas - Studying and Conserving Paintings

Samuel H. Kress Foundation

ISBN:	1904982069
Price:	$ 78.75

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This is the first volume of Occasional Papers on the Samuel H. Kress Collection and is published in the memory of Mario Modestini.

The book marks the tenth aniversary of the advanced training in Old Masters conservation sponsored by the Kress Foundation at the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University.

The first part of the book is an overview of historic approaches to the conservation of European paintings and the conservation history of the Kress collection of paintings (which was formed between 1929 and 1961). The second part gives the results of scientific and humanistic research gained in the process of conserving specific Italian and Dutch Old Masters.

Contents:

1. Overview
The Samuel H. Kress Collection: Conservation and Context Marilyn Perry
The Samuel H. Kress Program in Paintings Conservation at the Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Margaret Holben Ellis
Introduction to the Volume Michele Marincola
Acknowledgements Michele Marincola

2. Historical Papers
Philosophies and Tastes in Nineteenth-Century Paintings Conservation Wendy Partridge
Stephen Pichetto, conservator of the Kress Collection 1927-1949 Ann Hoenigswald
Mario Modestini, Conservator of the Kress Collection 1949-1961 Dianne Modestini

3. 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
Art 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 Modestini
School of Pietro Perugino, Saint Sebastian 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, and Painting Techniques in the Late Paintings of Nicolaes Maes Laurent Sozzani with Christopher McGlinchey
View of the Molo: A Canaletto Attribution Reinstated Elise Effmann
Canaletto Paints the Molo from the Ponte della Paglia Katharine Baetjer
View of the Grand Canal with Dogana and Guardi Studio Pictures Helen Spande

Paperback, 230 pages
190 Illustrations