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Title Ancient & historic metals : conservation and scientific research : proceedings of a symposium organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Conservation Institute, November 1991 / edited by David A. Scott, Jerry Podany, Brian B. Considine
Published Marina del Rey, CA : Getty Conservation Institute, [1994]
©1994

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Description xii, 304 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
Contents Preface / Miguel Angel Corzo and John Walsh -- Foreword / David A. Scott, Jerry Podany and Brian B. Considine -- The Monument of Marcus Aurelius: Research and Conservation / Maurizio Marabelli -- Restoration of the Monument of Marcus Aurelius: Facts and Comments / Paola Fiorentino -- Bronze Objects from Lake Sites: From Patina to "Biography" / Francois Schweizer -- The Royal Art of Benin: Surfaces, Past and Present / Janet L. Schrenk -- Considerations in the Cleaning of Ancient Chinese Bronze Vessels / Jane Bassett and W. T. Chase -- Tomography of Ancient Bronzes / Stephen D. Bonadies -- Chinese Bronzes: Casting, Finishing, Patination, and Corrosion / W. T. Chase -- The Corrosion of Bronze Monuments in Polluted Urban Sites: A Report on the Stability of Copper Mineral Species at Different pH Levels / Andrew Lins and Tracy Power -- The Technology of Medieval Jewelry / Jack Ogden -- Gold Foil, Strip, and Wire in the Iron Age of Southern Africa / Andrew Oddy
Conservation of Architectural Metalwork: Historical Approaches to the Surface Treatment of Iron / Frank G. Matero -- Techniques of Mercury Gilding in the Eighteenth Century / Martin Chapman -- Production and Restoration of Nineteenth-century Zinc Sculpture in Denmark / Knud Holm -- Real-time Survival Rates for Treatments of Archaeological Iron / Suzanne Keene -- Conservation of Corroded Metals: A Study of Ships' Fastenings from the Wreck of HMS Sirius (1790) / Ian Donald Macleod -- The Conservation of Outdoor Zinc Sculpture / Carol A. Grissom
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Art metal-work -- Conservation and restoration -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Considine, Brian B.
Podany, Jerry.
Scott, David A., 1948-
Getty Conservation Institute.
J. Paul Getty Museum.
LC no. 92028095
ISBN 0892362316 (paperback)
Other Titles Ancient and historic metals
Ancient and historic metals