Metropolitan Museum Studies in Art, Science, and Technology

Metropolitan Museum Studies in Art, Science, and Technology

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has just published the first issue of
its new technical periodical devoted to the exploration of the
reciprocal relationship between physical nature and aesthetics in
the visual arts.

Metropolitan Museum Studies in Art, Science, and Technology is a
full color, peer- reviewed publication that will appear biennially,
featuring new research on topics such as artists' materials and
their aging properties, techniques and technologies used in the
manufacture of works of art, and conservation theory and history.

Volume I (2010)-with contributions from Andrea Bayer, Lawrence
Becker, Federico Caro, Silvia Centeno, Ann Heywood, Lucretia
Kargere, Dorothy Mahon, Adriana Rizzo, Xavier Salomon, Deborah
Schorsch, Donna Strahan, and Mark Wypyski-includes a history of
early objects conservation practices in The Metropolitan Museum of
Art; an exploration of the use of lapis lazuli and azurite as
pigments in ancient Egypt; two related investigations into the
casting methods and materials of early Chinese bronze Buddha
figures; a compositional study of medieval Islamic enameled glass;
an analysis of the polychrome decoration on four French Romanesque
sculptures; and an evaluation of several paintings by Paolo
Veronese, addressing a longstanding debate over whether they
originated as a group.

The Editorial Board of Metropolitan Museum Studies in Art, Science,
and Technology especially welcomes collaborative research from
scholars working in the fields of conservation, the sciences, art
history, and archaeology. Inquiries, requests for guidelines for
submission and for editorial procedures and style, as well as other
correspondence may be sent to
metropolitan.museum.studies<-at->metmuseum<.>org

Volume 1 may be ordered from

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        and-Technology-Volume-1-2010/invt/80006741>

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