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Mixing and matching : approaches to retouching paintings / edited by Rebecca Ellison, Patricia Smithen and Rachel Turnbull.

Contributor(s): Publisher: London : Archetype Publications in association with the Icon Paintings Group and the British Association of Paintings Conservators-Restorers (BAPCR), 2010Description: ix, 179 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781904982500
  • 1904982506
Subject(s): Summary: "Methods of retouching, or inpainting, vary according to personal preference-- the media, pigments and techniques used are each chosen to suit the individual object. A wealth of options is available to the practising conservator, many of which are covered in this volume. The history, development and method of application of each technique is discussed and illustrated, while additional papers explore practical and theoretical aspects of colour matching"--Page 4 of cover.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Red 751.6 ELL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 08979
Book Book CGLAS Library Red 751.6 ELL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 11392

Outgrowth of three one-day sessions organized by the Paintings Group of the Institute of Conservation (Icon) and the British Association of Paintings Conservators-Restorers (BAPCR) and held at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, in 2007. Cf. foreword and p. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Methods of retouching, or inpainting, vary according to personal preference-- the media, pigments and techniques used are each chosen to suit the individual object. A wealth of options is available to the practising conservator, many of which are covered in this volume. The history, development and method of application of each technique is discussed and illustrated, while additional papers explore practical and theoretical aspects of colour matching"--Page 4 of cover.