The Restoration of Paintings

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Restoration of Paintings.......2006-02-09

As a private restorer/conservator I view this book as a good ffee table format overview of easel painting . This book must not be used as a guide for would be restorers Please on't attempt to repair your antique painting using this book as your basis of knowledge.
The subject of painting conservation is very complicated as well as controversial. Methodology and materials are revised as we learn the effects of past treatments and current research. This is a good book to get a better idea as to the rather complicated set of factors involved in painting restoration and will give a greater appreciation to the general public of the craft . This is in no way a how to guide and will not take the place of more formalized training.

A thorough introduction.......2005-07-28

Rather technical, with many lovely color illustrations of the subject and techniques. This is a shwank reference for all manner of questions about restoration and reconstruction of paintings. You could learn much just from the pictures and captions.

The text itself is top-notch. Explanations are clear and complete. A wealth of footnotes and bibliography.

A very informative overview.......2001-06-21

I read this book when I was applying for a graduate program in the restoration of easel paintings. I needed to get a broad--but also reasonably in-depth--overview of types of damage to paintings and restoration and preservation techniques, and this book was great for that. It thoroughly covers all types of damage to paintings on panel and fabric support, along with corrective and preventive techniques. As I mentioned before, it covers a whole range of areas while still giving them sufficiently in-depth attention. There are tons of color illustrations that are invaluable in helping you understand what they're talking about. I didn't rate it five stars for two reasons: (1) it frequently describes the use of specialized equipment used by restorers, and if you're not familiar with this equipment it can be kind of difficult to completely follow what they're describing, and (2) it also doesn't have the most up-to-date information. Not that the information that is there is out of date by any means, but if you're interested in cutting-edge restoration theory, this book is not going to have it. But from what I gather, this book is one of the most highly regarded in the restoration field (the faculty of the program I applied to keeps it on-hand as a reference book).

Also, be warned--if you're looking for information on wall paintings, this is not going to have it. It just covers panel paintings.

An excellent and detailed text on painting conservation.......2000-05-26

This is an excellent overall and very detailed view of the conservation of paintings. Actually it is one of the most thorough and up to date books on the subject I have ever seen. Very well written and documented with many photographs and an extensive bibliography and many notes for further research. This book clearly shows the skills, knowledge, and expertise needed and in use today by professional conservators around the world and it could easily be used as a complete reference book for those interested in the subject or even as a textbook for anyone studying art conservation.

Cave Temples of Mogao: Art and History on the Silk Road (Conservation and Cultural Heritage Series)

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Cave Temples of Mogao: Art and History on the Silk Road (Conservation and Cultural Heritage Series)
Roderick Whitfield , Susan Whitfield , and Neville Agnew
Manufacturer: Getty Trust Publications: Getty Conservation Institute
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Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asia
Religions of the Silk Road: Overland Trade and Cultural Exchange from Antiquity to the Fifteenth Century

ASIN: 0892365854

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The Mogao grottoes in China, situated near the oasis town of Dunhuang on the fabled Silk Road, constitute one of the world's most significant sites of Buddhist art. In some five hundred caves carved into rock cliffs at the edge of the Gobi desert are preserved one thousand years of exquisite
murals and sculpture. Mogao, founded by Buddhist monks as an isolated monastery in the late fourth century, evolved into an artistic and spiritual center whose renown extended from the Chinese capital to the far western kingdoms of the Silk Road. Among its treasures are miles of stunning wall
paintings, more than two thousand statues, magnificent works on silk and paper, and thousands of ancient manuscripts, such as sutras, poems, and prayer sheets, which in 1900 were found sealed in one of the caves and then dispersed to museums throughout the world.

Illustrated in color throughout, Cave Temples of Mogao combines lavish photographs of the caves and their art with the fascinating history of Mogao, Dunhuang, and the Silk Road to create a vivid portrait of this remarkable site. Chapters discuss the development of the cave temples, the iconography
of the wall paintings, and the extraordinary story of the rare manuscripts, including the oldest printed book in existence, a ninth-century copy of the Diamond Sutra. The book also describes the long-term collaboration between the Getty Conservation Institute and Chinese authorities in conservation
projects at Mogao as well as the caves and the museum that can be visited today. The publication of this book coincides with the centenary of the discovery of the manuscripts in the Library Cave.

A Month in the Country (New York Review Books Classics)

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A man's troubled soul is unlocked by an ancient painting
Tender, nostaligic, haunting
enchanting
Lyrical, poetic escape
We Are Creatures Of Hope, Always Ready To Be Deceived Again

A Month in the Country (New York Review Books Classics)
J.L. Carr
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A Long Long Way: A Novel

ASIN: 0940322471
Release Date: 2000-10-31

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Any good reader has, well, had it with novels of healing. The culture of confession has given rise to novels that begin with an unspeakable act (graphically described) and end in redemption (this part is usually more vague). That's not how it works in J.L. Carr's quiet, brief, dreamy A Month in the Country. Writing in 1978, Carr's narrator, Tom Birkin, recalls the summer of 1920. A veteran of the Great War and a cuckold, Tom arrives in Oxgodby to restore a medieval mural in the church. His single season in this town in the north of England passes quickly: he sleeps in the belfry, makes a friend or two, falls secretly in love with the vicar's wife, and, chipping away at plaster and dirt, uncovers a lost masterpiece. These events seem to melt past Tom in the heat of the perfect, fleeting English summer: "The front gardens of cottages were crammed with marjoram and roses, marguerites, sweet William, at night heavy with the scent of stocks. The Vale was heavy with leaves, motionless in the early morning, black caves of shadow in the midday heat, blurring the sound of trains hammering north and south."

Carr devotes many fewer words to Tom's time in the war. The vicar's wife tries to ask him about it. "'What about hell on earth?' she said. I told her I'd seen it and lived there and that, mercifully, they usually left an exit open." His healing consists of not talking about his past--perhaps a revolutionary notion these days. A Month in the Country, with its paean to a lost, good place, oddly recalls Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes. But where that novel was elliptical, Carr's work values clarity and simplicity above all. These are rare enough qualities, but to find them in a novel of romance and healing is a rarer pleasure still. --Claire Dederer

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In J. L. Carr's deeply charged poetic novel, Tom Birkin, a veteran of the Great War and a broken marriage, arrives in the remote Yorkshire village of Oxgodby where he is to restore a recently discovered medieval mural in the local church. Living in the bell tower, surrounded by the resplendent countryside of high summer, and laboring each day to uncover an anonymous painter's depiction of the apocalypse, Birkin finds that he himself has been restored to a new, and hopeful, attachment to life. But summer ends, and with the work done, Birkin must leave. Now, long after, as he reflects on the passage of time and the power of art, he finds in his memories some consolation for all that has been lost.

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A man's troubled soul is unlocked by an ancient painting .......2007-04-26

If you have seen the movie you will love the book.If you have read the book then you will love the movie.1920 England has slowly climbed out of the Great War and many are still finding their way in the aftermath of it all.Tom Birkin is an art restorationist who is called to the North English town of Oxgodby in order to uncover a 500 year old painting in the the nave of the village Church.There he is met with the most unusual likeable and unlikeable characters who are there to help,hinder or confuse Birkin during the hot summer months as he tirelessly and obsessively works to reveal a Judgment Scene that will play as the key to unlock his troubled heart and soul.J.L Carr's book is extremely intimate and personal,told more from the thoughts and observations of Birkin than dialogue from supporting characters.The 1987 film version is incredibly accurate and is extremely good in bringing out the subtleties of the book.I highly recommend both.

Tender, nostaligic, haunting.......2006-03-26

The main theme of this charming novel is how important it is to understand the irretrievable passage of time and to savor the good times that come along. The narrator tells the story of an enchanted summer he spent in Cornwall uncovering an ancient painting in a country church. He looks back upon this time (1920) as one of the most wonderful, important periods of his life. He meets several villagers who make an indelible impression upon him and pleas with us to appreciate our own little "months in the country"--those days when things are going well. Such a good, kind, fully-alive character. I was moist-eyed by the final pages (it's a very short novel) and didn't want it to end. Sweet, powerful, and as lovely as a summer day in the country.

enchanting.......2005-10-22

This is one of those works of art that falls into a category of its own. Carr's writing is impeccable and it took on a magical quality where the past and future were perfectly brought together through the voice of the protagonist Tom Birkin. I'm on my fourth reading of it.

Lyrical, poetic escape.......2005-05-24

When I was reading this book I often felt as if i was either there or the author was telling the story directly to me. My only objection is that it was too short!

We Are Creatures Of Hope, Always Ready To Be Deceived Again.......2005-05-04

J. L. Carr's A Month In The Country (1980), which is set in the 1920s, is the story of Tom Birkin, a budding restorer who accepts a job uncovering a church mural in a small Yorkshire village, a village predictably populated by greenhorns, cranks, and eccentrics of all stripes and colors. What is immediately apparent is that the novel is not a product of the earlier era in which it is set, nor is it an attempt to recreate the style of the period.

Though Carr attempts high British humor in the grand 20th century tradition of P. G. Wodehouse, Evelyn Waugh, Ivy Compton-Burnett, Stevie Smith, Denton Welch, and Muriel Spark, much of what is supposed to be funny throughout the novel is in fact only obvious, smug, and not nearly as intelligent or crisp as Carr apparently believes it to be. Thus, when Birkin's employer warns him about a scythe that hangs in the outdoor privy, Birkin speculates whether "it was the loss of life or only manhood he was concerned about," and most of the attempted humor continues at about this level.

A Month In The Country might have been saved by a compelling plot or theme, or simply a collection of perceptive insights uniquely expressed, but none of these elements are present, and so what little story there is merely plods cutely along. Whether is it is Carr himself, or merely Tom Birkin, who is so self-satisfied is difficult to say; either way, the combination of the anemic first person narrative and the idiosyncratic attempts at humor, in which the author indulges himself at every turn, sink the book quickly.

Conservation of Stained Glass in America : A Manual for Studios and Caretakers

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Conservation of Stained Glass in America : A Manual for Studios and Caretakers
Julie L. Sloan
Manufacturer: Art in Architecture Pr
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ASIN: 1884966012

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Conservation of Stained Glass in America is "... a 225 page warehouse of information on professional [stained glass] restoration and conservation," said Joe Porcelli in PSG's Glass Artist, April/May 1995. Used as a textbook in glass conservation and restoration courses, it's also the standard text on the subject for serious glass artists, craftspeople, and for those who are responsible for glass in public and private buildings throughout the United States.

Revive Your Ride: Secrets from a Body And Paint Restoration Pro

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Finally a great body shop how to book!
Professional Quality Techniques
The item of choice for any restoration pro
The ultimate guide to auto restoration.

Revive Your Ride: Secrets from a Body And Paint Restoration Pro
Larry Lyles
Manufacturer: BowTie Press
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ASIN: 1931993661

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Revive Your Ride is based on popular columns by the author in Auto Restorer® magazine, the premier publication for die-hard restoration enthusiasts.

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Finally a great body shop how to book!.......2007-08-26

Larry Lyles writes a really concise,clear book of how to revive and old tired car body. I have a freind that followed his steps exactly, and the car keeps winning shows. While it doesn't teach how to weld or any of that, a book can't possibly do that well, his book does get through the refinishing steps to achieve a great end point. Well worth the less than $20 price!!!

Professional Quality Techniques.......2006-09-24

REVIVE YOUR RIDE: SECRETS FROM A BODY AND PAINT RESTORATION PRO packs in everything needed to set up the perfect auto restoration shop, from tools and paints to developing professional-quality refinishing techniques. This comes from an auto body professional who knows all the tricks, right down to restoring nameplates and badges. From best paints to use for particular jobs to methods, REVIVE YOUR RIDE comes packed with color photos throughout.

Diane C. Donovan
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The item of choice for any restoration pro.......2006-07-21

Owners of old cars who want to try a quality restoration and paint job must have REVIVE YOUR RIDE: SECRETS FROM A BODY AND PAINT RESTORATION PRO. Details range from setting up a perfect shop and finding good tools to repairing damage, painting and refinishing a vehicle from bare metal to finished result, and restoring nameplates, badges and more. Pages for notes, color photos of processes, and tips for applications and surface treatment selection provide the latest in techniques, while sidebars of detail are easy on the eye. REVIVE YOUR RIDE is the item of choice for any restoration pro.

Diane C. Donovan
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The ultimate guide to auto restoration........2006-06-29

After buying and reading the author's book "Project Charger" I figured this book would be just as good.It is.This book goes into greater detail of restoration techniques that can be applied to any auto restoration project.

This book is a detailed book of restoration techniques,setting up your workshop at home and a guide to spray painting.This book is suitable for restoring any vehicle.Its the techniques that are what this book is all about.And,the book is in colour throughout.There is so much advice here.This book exceeded my expectations.

I highly recommend the author's other book:
"Project Charger".(ISBN:1-931933-22-X)
You should purchase both books together.They are great books and great value.The books are of very high quality.No matter what vehicle you are restoring these books are the best.The book "Revive your ride",has 160 pages not 256 pages.I also recommend you purchase the appropriate workshop manual for your vehicle too.

Still Lifes: Techniques and Style : An Examination of Paintings from the Rijksmuseum

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A RARE BOOK...FOR THE SERIOUS ARTIST
Great book
Still life paintings from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Still Lifes: Techniques and Style : An Examination of Paintings from the Rijksmuseum
Rijksmuseum (Netherlands)
Manufacturer: B.V. Waanders Uitgeverji
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ASIN: 9040093679

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A RARE BOOK...FOR THE SERIOUS ARTIST.......2006-03-16

The book Still Lifes: Techniques and Style : An Examination of Paintings from the Rijksmuseum is a fabulous book. As a professional artist who is a serious still life painter, this book answers many questions on techniques used. If you understand the techniques and principles of this style of painting, you will have to have this book in your personal library. A must have for the serious still life painter.

William Yenkevich at www.wmystudio.com

Great book.......2003-11-06

This is one of my favourite books, although the title is a bit misleading. I saw the word 'techniques' in the title and thought 'hey great - a book that's going to give me some of the techniques of the old dutch masters'. Hmmmm. All I can say is; if you thought that as well, don't get your hopes too high.
This is a great book - beautiful illustrations (although only 17 paintings are covered so it's not an extensive collection of works), clear text and nicely presented. However it strikes me as being written more from the perspective of an art curator or researcher then an artist (like so many art books written these days on the 'greats' of the past). Thus it misses out on a lot of information that would be of interest to the painter and gives very few actual 'how to' details. To me too, the majority of the technical information seems to be stating what can already be seen in the close ups, or revolving around scientific analysis of pigment samples. The dead colouring, whether a portion of the painting was done wet in wet or in layers and what pigments were used, seems to be the only technical information really covered.
However this is still a great book - I totally recommend it. Overall, it has to be the most helpful still life painting book I own to date,(mostly because of the closeups and the quality of the paintings). So I would say, get it if you love old masters still lifes, it's worth it.

Still life paintings from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam........2000-04-02

This beautiful book is an intensive and visually enchanting examination of nineteen flower and still life masterpieces from museums around the world. This book was written in conjuction with the show presented at the Rijksmuseum, June through September of l999. Art lovers, artists, scholars, conservators and laymen will enjoy this journey back to the seventeenth and eighteen-century workshops of such artistic giants as Jan Brueghel, Jan Davidsz de Heem, Rachel Ruysch, Jan Van Huysum and more. Historical backgrounds of fifteen painters are featured along with technical information on supports (canvas, wood or copper), imprimaturas, under drawings, mediums, and paints. Beautiful color plates, artistic techniques, and scientific knowledge are shared.

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"Elemental" is the perfect word to describe George Olson's watercolor drawings of the plants of the tallgrass prairie. Delicately precise yet filled with vigor and color, they present the prairie in its individual elements and--taken as a group that celebrates the hues and textures of tallgrass wildflowers and grasses--in its seasonal abundance. In The Elemental Prairie, the combination of George Olson's luminous drawings and John Madson's eloquent essay "The Running Country" encourages us to look at the prairie world with newly appreciative eyes. For some years Olson has focused almost exclusively on the grasses and wildflowers of the North American prairie, meticulously reproducing their elemental structures and colors while--proving once again that art can both imitate and enhance nature--emphasizing their magical loveliness. By painting certain species in their winter and summer "plumages," he reveals the plants' stark wintry framework as well as their more glorious warm-weather beauty. The Elemental Prairie presents sixty glowing images of tallgrass plants, from the familiar purple coneflower and black-eyed susan to the less-often-seen rattlesnake master and compass plant. Together Olson and Madson, two dedicated prairie restorationists, one using images and the other using words, create a living prairie in all its brilliance.

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A beauty all its own.......2007-01-19

When we moved for my spouse's career from upstate New York to the edge of the prairie on the western side of Illinois, I cried all the way from the airport upon seeing what looked to be flat desolation. Over the five years we lived in Galesburg, Illinois, I came to learn and understand the prairie and to appreciate its exquisite beauty. George Olson's stunning watercolors and John Madson's essay transfer that beauty to the print medium. It a treasured book in our home, especially since our departure from the prairie, and one we have given as gifts to those friends who have also had to leave the prairie.

Vanishing Flora: Endangered Plants Around the World

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Vanishing Flora: Endangered Plants Around the World
Dugald Stermer
Manufacturer: Harry N Abrams
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ASIN: 0810939304

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Wow.......2005-05-10

I came across this book in an art class. I don't know about the vanishing flora, but from an artist's point of view, this book is absolutely amazing. The botanical illustrations are supurb, and he has a particularly beautiful way of labeling his pieces. A feast for the eyes.

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More than meets the sky
Another great book!
Newer is not always better!

The Little Skyscraper

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ASIN: 0843176776
Release Date: 2001-10-01

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The little skyscraper didn't always seem so little. At one glorious time he was the tallest and most impressive building in the entire city. People traveled from near and far to take in the view from his observation deck and pass the time in his pretty little park. But as time passed and the city grew and grew, people forgot about the little skyscraper. His bright, shiny spire became dull and tarnished, and his beautiful park was turned into a parking lot. Then, just when his own future looked darkest, the little skyscraper learns that he hadn't been forgotten. And all it took was the determination of an old friend to change the minds of an entire city.

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More than meets the sky.......2004-07-04

As a volunteer reader at a children's shelter, I purchased this book for many reasons.
First, the illustrations. The very talented Mr. Santoro knows his audience. The children wanted to look long and hard at the pictures. Each turn of the page was met with "oohs," "aahs" and "cooools" from my young audience.
Second was the storyline of the skyscraper watching the changes of the surrounding territory and what those changes meant to the skyscraper.
The third reason (and deciding factor) was the storyline of the little boy who was inspired by the skyscraper and followed his dream.
After reading this story to the children I ask the questions, "What changes in your environment have changed you?" and (my favorite) "What in your life inspires you the way the skyscraper inspired the little boy?" The answers make for a lengthy and inspired session. I wish I could describe the looks on the kid's faces as they think about the questions.

However, here's a story of why I felt I must write a review of this book:
One day, after reading this book to the children, I packed my bookbag and headed for the door. Before I reached the exit, a child who rarely reacts to any book (or anything for that matter), stopped me and said, "You know, I actually liked that book. It was good." He turned around and walked away, following the other children into the area that is 'for residents only.' I stopped in my tracks and thought, "Now, THAT is a great review of a good book." You had to be there.

Another great book!.......2001-12-12

I already have scott's first book, "Isaac", and just got his newest book, the Little Skyscraper yesterday. This book is wonderful! The illustrations are captivating and colorful, story line is simple, and easy to follow. Children once again will love this book, as well as the parents. You'll cheer when Jack comes back and saves his old friend, the skyscraper. This book is one to put under your tree this year, and in your collection.

Newer is not always better!.......2001-11-25

In an age where technology is moving us ever-faster into the future, as well as the uncertainty that has been brought with war, people are turning more and more to the security and comfort of the past, of things closer to home, of memories that bring joy and peace to their hearts. The Little Skyscraper does exactly that. It conjures up images of a simpler society, simpler life where it was routine to help others, where character, integrity and hardwork were still the keys to success. Where the old was not destroyed by the new -- but where the value of both was seen and combined to make a better world. The Little Skyscraper learned he didn't have to be tall and ultra-modern to make an impression -- that the greatest gift he had and could offer was just to be himself. The easy-to-read text and wonderful illustrations present this valuable lesson in a way that will bring readers back to this book again and again!

Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice: Preprints of a Symposium, University of Leiden, the Netherlands, 26-29 June 1995 (Getty ... Publications: Getty Conservation Institute)

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Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice: Preprints of a Symposium, University of Leiden, the Netherlands, 26-29 June 1995 (Getty ... Publications: Getty Conservation Institute)

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Pre-Raphaelite Painting Techniques

ASIN: 0892363223

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Bridging the fields of conservation, art history, and museum curating, the twenty-five papers in this volume report recent research on historical painting techniques, including wall painting and polychrome sculpture. Chapters detail the latest art historical research and scientific analyses
of original techniques and materials, with references to such historical sources as medieval treatises and historical descriptions of painting techniques, and discuss the painting methods of Rembrandt and Vermeer, Dutch seventeenth-century landscape painting, wall paintings in English churches,
Chinese paintings on paper and canvas, and Tibetan tankas. The contributors represent museums and conservation institutions from around the world.

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