Caring for Cultural Material 1
Caring for Cultural Material 2
Damage and Decay
Managing Collections
Managing People
Handling, Transportation, Storage and Display
Glossary
Index
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Caring for Cultural Material 1
In this volume:
– Paper
– Books
– Photographs
arrow Paintings
– Electronic Information Media
– Acknowledgments
Paintings
In this chapter:
– Objectives
– Introduction
– Structure of paintings
– What are the most common types and causes of damage?
– The do's and don'ts of handling paintings
– Framing paintings
– Hanging paintings securely
– Ideal conditions for the storage and display of paintings
– General storage and display guidelines
– Summary of conditions for the storage and display
– Paintings in Australia's climatic zones
  MORE ABOUT PAINTINGS
– Keying out
– What can go wrong with a stretcher and what you can do
– Handling straps
– Labels and inscriptions
arrow For further reading
– Self-evaluation quiz
– Answers to self-evaluation quiz

 

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Paintings

For further reading

Clifford, T. 1983, The Historical Approach to the Display of Paintings, Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship, Vol. 1 (2), Butterworth Scientific Ltd, Guildford, UK, pp 93–106.

Editorial 1987, Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship, Frames and Framing in Museums, vol. 4, 1985, pp 115–117; Vol 6, Butterworth Scientific Ltd, Guildford, UK, pp. 227–228.

Hackney, Stephen 1990, 'Framing for Conservation at the Tate Gallery', The Conservator, Number 14, The United Kingdom Institute for Conservation, London, pp44–52.

Hasluck, Paul N. 1912, Mounting and Framing Pictures, Cassell and Company Ltd, London.

Keck, Caroline K. 1965 reprinted 1980, A Handbook on the Care of Paintings, American Association for State and Local History, Nashville.

McTaggart, Peter and Ann 1984, Practical Gilding, Mac & Me Ltd, Welwyn, UK.

Payne, John and Chaloupka, Peter, 1986, 'Framing the 9 x 5s', Bulletin of the Society of the National Gallery of Victoria, The Society of The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, pp 11–12.

Seager, Christopher; Hillary, Sarah L.; Weik, Sabine 1986, Art Care. The Care of Art and Museum Collections in New Zealand, Northern Regional Conservation Service, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, N.Z.

National Gallery of Art 1991, Art in Transit: Studies in the Transport of Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

 

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