TECHNOLOGY AND CONSERVATION OF PAINTINGS II

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Prerequisites: CNS 620 and 621; co-requisite with CNS 623. The theory and practice of conserving easel paintings. Topics include treatment proposal design, aqueous and solvent based cleaning systems, resins and solvents used for consolidation, mechanics and dynamics of canvas paintings and support systems, humidification and lining treatments, varnishes and varnishing techniques and color matching theory and its application to inpainting. Offered annually in spring.