Analysis Of Modern Paints

Learner, Tom

ISBN 10: 0892367792 / ISBN 13: 9780892367795

Published by Getty Conservation Institute, 2005

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Synopsis:

Although oil remains an important binding medium in artists' paints, today's synthetic resins are being used with increasing frequency. This was true during much of the twentieth century, when artists such as David Alfaro Siqueiros, Jackson Pollock, and Pablo Picasso used commercial or industrial paints based on synthetic resins. The growing popularity of synthetic resin materials carries important implications for the conservation, preservation, and treatment of modern art. This volume outlines the techniques that are currently employed to analyse the synthetic resins used in modern painting materials, such as pyrolysisgas chromatography - mass spectrometry, Fourier Transform infrared spectroscopy, and direct temperature - resolved mass spectrometry.

About the Author: Thomas J. S. Learner is a senior conservation scientist at the Tate, in London.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Analysis Of Modern Paints
Publisher: Getty Conservation Institute
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New