When Maurice Denis published his proto-formalist manifesto, the ‘Définition du néo-traditionnisme’, in August 1890, he deployed the rhetorical conventions of what Martha Ward has called…
Seven Hellenistic stelae with Greek inscriptions found in the ancient city of Naples, were examined minero-petrographically (by optical microscopy on thin sections and XRD on powder)…
This is a contribution to Mapping Modernisms: Art, Indigeneity, Colonialism which brings together scholars working around the world to address the modern arts produced by indigenous and…
Some fifty years ago, the remote Arctic community of Cape Dorset was introduced to the ancient traditions of Japanese printmaking by a Canadian artist, James…
On this project, I worked with the Artifacts Conservation students in assisting the Agnes Etherington Art Centre with an immersion washing treatment of a donated, vintage…
This project is funded in part by the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellowship Award. It partners with Nunavummiut and museums to develop digital technologies that…
The study of Renaissance drawings allows for an intensive exploration of how artists constructed their works, even arguably how they thought. Some of these drawings…
In the spring of 2015, I initiated and managed the rescue, and restoration, of a 3.4-by-1.8-metre oil on canvas mural from a former bus terminal…
This collection brings together art historians, museum professionals, conservators, and conservation scientists whose work involves Rembrandt van Rijn and associated artists such as Gerrit Dou,…
This conference paper describes treatment issues surrounding John Martin’s epic Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum (1821). The painting experienced such extensive structural damage following the…