ARTH 210 Midterm: mid-term prep
10 Dec 2015
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Fogg museum at harvard in 1927; promoted collaboration between art historians, conservators and conservation scientists. The term technical art history was coined in 1995 by david. Technical art history concerns itself with all the processes for making art, and the technical and documentary means by which we throw light on those processes david bomford the art technological source rearch (atsr) working group of. Icom-cc focuses on historical recipe books and similar technical documents. An important part of technical art history is the search for the original appearance of the work of art. What objects are made of: organic, inorganic, synthetic, composite apart. Organic: textiles, wood, paper, basketry, leather, hide, fur and feathers, quills, horn, bone, antler, ivory, etc. Composite artifacts: paintings, musical instruments, media, etc. vehicles, etc. Someone who practices art conservation is called conservator. How to stop objects from deteriorating: preventive conservation. It involves everything we do to stop stuff falling apart in the first place.
