Art Restoration Dictionary

The Art Restoration Dictionary (ARD)
<URL:http://www.artrestorationdictionary.pl/en/main>

The Art Restoration Dictionary (ARD) is a modern tool which combines
the features of a glossary, thesaurus and multi-lingual dictionary,
in a single user-friendly facility. It is available in both printed
and software based editions. At present, ARD contains 10,356 entries
in English, along with their Polish equivalents.

The dictionary has twenty two main chapters, which are divided into
issue specific sub-sections. The software provides comprehensive
term search facilities, but in addition, provides a
cross-referencing facility which allows a topic to be selected, e.g.
'reattaching and securing separated layers' and generates a list of
related procedures arranged in alphabetical order. Reports can be
either printed, or saved in Word document format.

ARD contains chapters on Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Art History,
the Theory of Painting, the Theory of Conservation and Technology
Techniques,  as well as chapters on procedures associated with
restoration of easel paintings.  It contains lists of organic dye
sources, rots and fungi (along with their Latin their names), waxes,
pigments, oils, lists of dilutants and solvents, acronyms for
diagnostic, methods and also descriptions of lining methods,
varnishing, retouching techniques and so-on.

It is intended that the work on ARD will continue, in order to
include new topics such as wall painting restoration, architecture
and extensions to the art history section. All suggestions and
requests are welcome! ARD was grant funded by the Polish Ministry of
Science and Education. The original project began in 2007 and was
completed in 2010.


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