Bronze Conservation Colloquium

The final programme of the Bronze Conservation Colloquium (including
posters, tours, and social program) is available at the conference
homepage for download:

    <URL:http://www.bronze-colloquium.abk-stuttgart.de>

Individual sessions are devoted to ancient bronzes, bronze
corrosion, and the conservation of outdoor bronzes.

The international conference is organised by the Objects
Conservation Program of the State Academy of Art and Design
Stuttgart in cooperation with the ICOM-CC Metals WG and Landesmuseum
Wuerttemberg. All contributions will be presented in English.

The program includes the following lectures:

    Friday, June 22, 2012
    Session I: Bronzes of the Old World

        Frank Willer, Bonn
        Small Fragments of Large Statues: the Limes Project

        Uwe Peltz, Berlin
        The Etruscan 'Tomb of the Warrior' from Tarquinia and the
        conservation of bronzes in the 1960s on the Museum Island in
        Berlin

        Janet Schramm, Stuttgart
        Lorica Squamata: Investigation of a Roman Copper Alloy Scale
        Armour

        Nicole Ebinger-Rist, Esslingen
        Virtual Reconstruction of Shadows: Corroded Celtic Copper
        Investigated with X-ray CT

        Roland Schwab, Mannheim
        Brasses are not Bronzes: History, Metallurgy and Corrosion
        of Archaeological and Historical Brass Alloys

    Session II: Bronze Corrosion

        Amalia Siatou, Athens (GR)
        Corrosion of Archaeological Bronze in Non-hostile Burial
        Environment

        Martina Griesser, Vienna (A)
        Analysis of Corrosion Phenomena and Optimisation of the
        Storage Conditions for High Leaded Antique Bronze Coins

        Andrea Fischer, Stuttgart
        Whodunit: Glass Corrosion or Cleaning? A Survey of Corroded
        18th century Enamel Boxes in the Landesmuseum Wuerttemberg

        Brigitte Bruhl, Stuttgart
        Copper Soaps on Ethnographic Objects

        Edith Joseph, Zurich (CH)
        Development and Evaluation of an Innovative Biological
        Treatment for the Protection of Metal Artifacts

    Saturday, June 23, 2012
    Session III: Conservation of Outdoor Bronzes

        Joerg Freitag, Potsdam
        Restoration and Conservation of Freely Weathered Bronzes in
        Germany: the Last 15 Years

        Martin Mach, Munich
        The Restoration of the Bavaria (Bronze) Memorial in Munich

        Rolf-Dieter Blumer, Esslingen
        Composition and corrosion-behaviour of differently old
        patinas on copper plates for roofing and on some parts of a
        bronze statue in south-west Germany

        John Scott, New York (USA)
        A New Method for Conserving Weathered Surfaces of Copper and
        Bronze

        Christa Scheiblauer, St. Poelten (A)
        Conservation of Cast Bronze Sculptures by Daniel Spoerri

There are still some seats available but the lecture hall capacity
is limited. Therefore, please register now to make sure that you can
participate (details on the webpage).

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Eggert
Objects Conservation
State Academy of Art and Design
Stuttgart


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