Course on structure of paintings and mechanical properties of cultural materials

"The Structure of Paintings and the Mechanical Properties of Cultural
    Materials"
A training course with

    Marion F. Mecklenburg
    Senior Research
    Scientist at Smithsonian Institution
    Museum Conservation Institute

Institut national du patrimoine
(Inp/National Institute of Cultural Heritage)
Galerie Colbert
2 rue Vivienne
75002 Paris

3 full-time days, May 23-24, 2012

<URL:http://www.inp.fr>

  Day One
  May, 23, 2012

    9h30 - 12h30    1.  Introduction
                    2.  Basic Concepts

                        Defining relative humidity Force and
                        Mechanical Properties of Materials

                    3.  The dimensional response of materials to
                        relative humidity

                        i. Linen
                        ii. Wood
                        iii. Hide glues and gelatin
                        iv. Gessoes
                        v. Oil paints
                        vi. Acrylic emulsion paints
                        vii. Alkyd paints

    12h30 - 14h00   Lunch

    14h00 - 17h00   4.  The dimensional response of materials to
                        temperature

                        i. Wood
                        ii. Hide glues and gelatins
                        iii. Oil paints
                        iv. Acrylic emulsion paints
                        v. Alkyd paints
                        vi. Other materials

                    5.  The mechanical properties of materials,
                        Part 1

                        i. Wood
                        ii. Linen
                        iii. Hide glues and Gessoes
                        iv. Gessoes

  Day Two
  May 24, 2012

    9h30 - 12h30    6.  The mechanical properties of
                        materials, Part 2

                        i. Control oil paints
                        ii. Commercial oil paints
                        iii. Acrylic emulsion paints
                        iv. Alkyd paints

    12h30 - 14h00   Lunch

    14h00 - 17h00   7.  Paintings as structures and failure
                        mechanism, the canvas supported painting,

                        Part 1 relative humidity

                        i.  The construction of traditional
                            paintings

                        ii. The stretcher and it effect on paintings

                        iii. The forces within the layers of canvas
                            paintings

                        iv. The effects of cycling in relative
                            humidity

                        v. The effects of high moisture levels

                        vi. Out of plane deformations

                        vii. The effects of strip linings and
                            patches

                        viii. The effects of different pigments in
                            oil paints and damage

                        ix. Computer modeling of the effects of
                        relative

Day Three
May, 25

    9h30 - 12h30    8.  Paintings as structures and failure
                        mechanism, the canvas supported painting,

                        Part 2 temperature

                        i.  Review of the effects of low
                            temperature on oil paints

                        ii. Computer modeling and the canvas
                            supported painting and low
                            temperature

                    9.  Paintings as structures and failure
                        mechanism, the wood panel supported
                        paintings

                        i.  The construction of wood panel supported
                            paintings

                        ii. Measuring the stresses for restrained
                            systems

                        iii. Computer modeling of wood panel
                            paintings

12h30 - 14h00       Lunch

14h00 - 17h00       10. Conservation treatments

                        i.  Structural considerations, canvas
                            paintings, linings and lining materials

                        ii. Consolidation and lining adhesives

                        iii. The effects of temperature and solvents
                             on paints

                    11. The museum environment and determining
                        appropriate RH and temperature settings

Language of instruction: English, translation in French
Registration fee: Euro 630
Target group: mainly conservators, scientists
Number of participants: up to 30

To apply please contact Anne Archenoul, in charge of organization of
Continuing education via e-mail at anne.archenoul<-at->inp<.>fr

Do not hesitate in contacting for any information regarding the
training course, transport or accommodation in Paris.

Anne Archenoul
In charge of organization of Continuing education
Institut National Du Patrimoine
150 avenue du President Wilson
93210 Saint-Denis
France
+331 49 46 57 92
Fax: +33 49 46 57 01


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