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...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...
...condition, conservation history, afterlife and reception, combining evidence from primary sources with the first hand examination of the work itself. Current research projects are focused around the Valois courts of...
...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...
...Wieser Verlag, 2010), 305-13 ‘Udabno Monastery in Georgia: The innovation, conservation and reinterpretation of art in the Middle Ages’, Iconographica. Rivista di iconografia medievale e moderna 7 (2008), 23-43 (with...
Graeme Barraclough completed a first degree in Art History and Architecture at the University of East Anglia in 1987. After gaining one year’s experience in conservation by volunteering at the...
...Himalayas and other related regions, with special attention paid to religious domains in Bhutan and Tibet. Her research explores painting technology, deterioration processes, conservation treatments, and the sociocultural survival of...
...of the Heian and Kamakura periods negotiated the challenges of maintaining, repairing, and reusing their icons. The first part examines ritual instructions preserved in medieval collections that emphasize the conservation...
...electronic and structural properties of molecules and inorganic materials, spectroscopic properties, and characterization of archaeological and art-historical artifacts. Organised by Dr Austin Nevin (Head of Department of Conservation, The Courtauld)....
...them. You will find a gallery images at the bottom of this page. The Conservation project The conservation studio at English Heritage has collaborated with the Courtauld Institute of Art...
...2024 Clare has been the Head of Conservation, having previously been Head of the MA Easel Paintings Conservation programme. Clare is a paintings conservator engaged in the study of materials...
...knowledge in modern and contemporary art history at The Courtauld. Conservation The Courtauld is one of the leading centres in the world for education and research in conservation. Explore our...