Big pictures

problems and solutions for treating outsize paintings

Big pictures
Sally Woodcock
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Big pictures

problems and solutions for treating outsize paintings

Describes solutions for the problems presented by pictures too large for lorries, unable to fit through windows and doors, and beyond the dimensions of any lining table. Demonstrates how large-scale works of art can be moved, treated, displayed and stored safely and efficiently.

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Publisher
Archetype
Language
English
Pages
152

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Cover of: Big pictures
Big pictures: problems and solutions for treating outsize paintings
2005, Archetype
in English
Cover of: Big Pictures--Problems and Solutions for Treating
Big Pictures--Problems and Solutions for Treating
November 25, 2005, Archetype Books
Hardcover in English

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Table of Contents

Conservation of large miniatures on ivory / Alan Derbyshire
The conservation of large-format works of art on paper / A. Jean E. Brown
The conservation and reinstatement of the Lonsdale Frieze, Mount Stuart / Clare Meredith and Colleen Donaldson
Installation of L'Escargot, by Henri Matisse / Calvin Winner
Cy Twombly: big pictures in a travelling retrospective / Michael Duffy
Touring Robert Rauschenberg's 32-ft-long painting Barge / Gillian McMillan
The problem of the seven foot door / Ian McClure
'The unloved painting' by Guido Reni / Christine Leback Sitwell
Using aluminum for a stretcher: a practical assessment / Jacqueline Ridge, Dave Jones and Jack Warans
The challenges of storing a collection of theatre backcloths / Nicola Costaras and Stephen King
The battle with Trafalgar / Valentine Walsh and Richard Pelter
A cold-lining technique for large-scale paintings / Kate Seymour and Jos van Och
The structural treatment of a series of large dynastic portraits of Louis XIV and family on-site at Chateau de Balleroy, Normandy / Jim Dimond with Warwick MacCallum
The restoration of Caravaggio's The beheading of Saint John the Baptist / Marco Ciatti
The Battle of Meanee by Edward Armitage, 1847 / Claire Chorley
The defeat of the floating batteries off Gibraltar by John Singleton Copley: history and display / Gerry Alabone with Louise Dandy
The defeat of the floating batteries off Gibraltar by John Singleton Copley: a painting waiting for a wall / Sally Woodcock.

Edition Notes

"Papers presented at a conference held at Tate Modern in December 2000 and organized by the Paintings Section of the United Kingdom Institute of Conservation"--Pref.

Art Conservation Department Library.

Includes bibliographical references.

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London
Genre
Congresses.
Other Titles
Problems and solutions for treating outsize paintings, Art Conservation Department Library

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Pagination
vii, 152 p. :
Number of pages
152

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22860648M
ISBN 10
1904982034
ISBN 13
9781904982036
Library Thing
5685906

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