Joyce Hill Stoner - Conservation of Easel Paintings

Conservation of Easel Paintings, Second Edition provides a much-anticipated update to the previous edition, which has come to be known internationally as an invaluable and comprehensive text on the history, philosophy and methods of the treatment of easel paintings.

Comprising 49 chapters written by more than 90 respected authors from around the world, this volume offers the necessary background knowledge in technical art history, artists materials, and scientific methods of examination and documentation. Later sections of the book provide information about the varying approaches and methods for treatment and issues of preventive conservation, as well as valuable reflections on storage, shipping, and exhibition. Including exciting developments that have taken place since the last edition was published, the book also covers new techniques of examination, especially MacroXRF scanning and Reflectance Transmission Imagery. Drawing on research presented at recent professional conferences, information about innovative methods for cleaning modern and contemporary paintings and insights into modern oil paints is also included.

Incorporating the latest regulations and understanding of health and safety practices and integrating theory with practice throughout, Conservation of Easel Paintings, Second Edition will continue to be an indispensable reference for practising conservators. It will also be an essential resource for students taking conservation courses around the world.

Joyce Hill Stoner is Rosenberg Professor in the Art Conservation Department at the University of Delaware/Winterthur Museum, where she has taught paintings conservation since 1976. She was awarded the American Institute for Conservations Lifetime Achievement award in 2003 and the CAA/Heritage Preservation Award for Distinction in Scholarship and Conservation in 2011.

Rebecca Rushfield is a New York City-based conservation consultant with an interest in the history and literature of the field. She is active in the work of the American Institute for Conservation and the ICOM Committee for Conservation, and received the Gettens Award for outstanding service to the AIC.

Routledge Series in Conservation and Museology

Titles include:

Chemical Principles of Textile Conservation

Agnes Timar-Balazsy and Dinah Eastop

Conservation of Furniture

Shayne Rivers and Nick Umney

The History of Gauged Brickwork Conservation, Repair and Modern Application

Gerard Lynch

A Practical Guide to Costume Mounting

Lara Flecker

Conservation of Easel Paintings, Second Edition

Edited by Joyce Hill Stoner and Rebecca Rushfield

For more information on this series, visit: www.routledge.com/Routledge-Series-in-Conservation-and-Museology/book-series/CONS