Facture: conservation, science, art history

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This book presents the latest conservation research on masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, spanning the early Renaissance through the present and encompassing a range of media. Volume 2 examines great art of two very different eras, the Italian Renaissance and the 20th century, and puts in new contexts works such as Giotto's 'Madonna and Child', bronze sculptures by Auguste Rodin, watercolors by John Marin, early paintings by Andy Warhol, and Mark Rothko's multiforms, which mark the birth of his abstraction. Seven essays are illustrated with outstandingly detailed photography and share a common approach. They each begin with meticulous material and analytical study of the work and then place the findings in a broader historical context, providing new perspectives on well-known works. A fascinating contribution to interdisciplinary scholarship on art, this publication extends a tradition of fostering dialogue among art historians, scientists, and conservators in the international community.

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The creation of Giotto's Madonna and Child : new insights / Joanna R. Dunn, Barbara H. Berrie, John K. Delaney, and Lisha Deming Glinsman -- Riccio in relief : documented sculpture as a technical context for The Entombment / Dylan Smith -- August Rodin's lifetime bronze sculptures in the Simpson Collection / Daphne Barbour and Lisha Deming Glinsman -- Movements in paint : the development of John Marin's watercolor palette, 1892-1927 / Cyntia Karnes, Lisha Deming Glinsman, and John K. Delaney -- Mark Rothko's multiforms, 1946-1950 : transforming the painted surface / Allison Langley and Suzanne Quillen Lomax -- Sfumato and sheen : Bernardino Luini's Lady in black / Michael Swicklik, Barbara H. Berrie, and Gretchen Hirschauer -- Andy Warhol's early paint mediums / Molly Donovan, Jay Krueger, Suzanne Quillen Lomax, and Christopher Maines.