The unvarnished truth: exploring the material history of paintings = Mise à nu : une exploration de l'histoire matérielle de la peinture

Contents

Foreword / Carol Podedworny -- Introduction / Nenagh Hathaway & Dr. Brandi Lee MacDonald -- The art of connoisseurship / Dr. Stephanie Dickey -- Conservation science and paintings / Dr. Alison Murray -- Conservation and condition issues / Gianfranco Pocobene -- Histories of selected artists' pigments / Dr. Brandi Lee MacDonald -- The analysis of inorganic pigments using spectrometric techniques / Dr. Brandi Lee MacDonald -- The technical art historian's methods of investigation : some tools & practices / Nenagh Hathaway -- Imaging using x-rays and neutrons / Dr. Fiona McNeill -- Limits of the eye and the engine of curiosity / Dr. Ihor Holubizky -- Disciplines in motion: the changing roles of museum curators, art conservators, and conservation scientists / Dr. Ron Spronk.