<b>Studying and Conserving Paintings</b> Studying and Conserving Paintings
Samuel H. Kress Foundation
This is the first volume of Occasional Papers on the Samuel H. Kress Collection and is published in the memory of Mario Modestini who died on January 28th 2006 in New York. The book marks the tenth aniversary of the advanced training in Old Masters conservation sponsored by the Kress Foundation at the Conservation Center of the institute of Fine Arts of New York University

The first part of the book is an overview of historic approaches to the conservation of European paintings and the conservation history of the Kress collection of paintings (which was formed between 1929 and 1961). The second part gives the results of scientific and humanistic research gained in the process of conserving specific Italian and Dutch Old Masters.

CONTENTS

1. OVERVIEW

The Samuel H. Kress Collection: Conservation and Context
Marilyn Perry

The Samuel H. Kress Program in Paintings Conservation at the Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Margaret Holben Ellis

Introduction to the Volume
Michele Marincola

Acknowledgements
Michele Marincola

2. HISTORICAL PAPERS

Philosophies and Tastes in Nineteenth-Century Paintings Conservation
Wendy Partridge

Stephen Pichetto, conservator of the Kress Collection 1927-1949
Ann Hoenigswald

Mario Modestini, Conservator of the Kress Collection 1949-1961 Dianne Modestini

3. TECHNICAL STUDIES & TREATMENT

A New Leaf: Recent Technical Discoveries in the Goodhart Ducciesque Master's Madonna and Child with Four Saints
Jennifer Sherman

Botticelli's Nativity
Charles R. Mack

The Re-use of a Desco da Parto
Mika Okawa & Dianne Dwyer Modestini

The Triumphs of Petrarch: An Analysis of a Renaissance Decorative Cycle
Wendy Partridge

A Portable Triptych in El Paso
Dianne Dwyer Modestini

Guidoccio Cozzarelli’s Scenes from the Life of the Virgin
Dianne Modestini

School of Pietro Perugino, Saint Sebastian
Annette Rupprecht & Sheri Francis Shaneyfelt

The Master of the Manchester Madonna: Restoration, Technique, and a Context for Attribution
Molly March

Portrait of a Lady and Techniques in the late Paintings of Nicolaes Maes, and Painting Techniques in the Late Paintings of Nicolaes Maes
Laurent Sozzani with Christopher McGlinchey

View of the Molo: A Canaletto Attribution Reinstated
Elise Effmann

Canaletto Paints the Molo from the Ponte della Paglia
Katharine Baetjer


View of the Grand Canal with Dogana and Guardi Studio Pictures
Helen Spande

Published 2006
ISBN: 1904982069£39.50 / $
Paperback
230 Pages
190 Illustrations
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