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Chances are, if you are a wall painting conservator, you’ve spent a lot of time in churches. And when talking about the conservation of anything in churches, it invariably turns...
By Dr Naomi Luxford, Programme Lead for MA Preventive Conservation Preventive conservation focuses on caring for collections by limiting the impact of different hazards around them. Whilst the aim of...
...through which we can understand contemporary debate and the emergence of approaches which continue to influence conservation practice today. Twentieth-century conservation work As we move into the twentieth century, a...
...in China, I found myself comparing the working cultures, environments, and tasks. I was able to capture some universal principles of conservation and the unique nuances that shape different conservation...
...Paintings, Conservation of Easel Paintings, Buddhist Art History and Conservation, and a PhD programme. In addition to undertaking academic research and conservation treatments on the collections displayed in The Courtauld...
...in China, I found myself comparing the working cultures, environments, and tasks. I was able to capture some universal principles of conservation and the unique nuances that shape different conservation...
...Department of Conservation, where the PhD will be located, offers training in Conservation at Postgraduate level with 3-year MA degrees in either the Conservation of Easel Paintings or The Conservation...
...of a made up job. What does it even mean? You look at who works in this field and it’s people with conservation backgrounds, benchtop conservation, conservation research, people with...
...and the Politics of Conservation and Care (Routledge, 2023). He currently co-chairs the NatureCulture Lab reading group, an interdisciplinary research collective run in partnership with the Hochschule der Künste Bern...
...traditional painting from the University of Arts and Culture in Ulaanbaatar and a Ph.D. in conservation of the mural painting of the decorated ancient tomb from the Human and Environmental...
Kate studied paper conservation at Camberwell College of Arts, London (1984-88) specialising in the conservation of library and archives. After graduating she worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and...
