Please find below a new posting for the ConservationDistList: Subject: Symposium on Science4Arts Programme 2016, November 17-18
Symposium ‘NWO Science4Arts Programme’ Rijksmuseum Amsterdam The Netherlands 17-18 November 2016 The full program of the Science4Arts symposium and online registration are now available on the website. Please visit the page at: <www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/science4arts<http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/science4arts>> A two-day scholarly symposium co-organised by The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the Rijksmuseum will take place on 17 and 18 November 2016. During the symposium conservators, humanities researchers and scientists will explore new perspectives on the research and conservation of works of art and historic objects and will present the results of the NWO research programme Science4Arts. In 2012 six projects were granted funding as part of the Science4Arts programme. Projects: Re-visualising late Rembrandt: Developing and applying new imaging techniques. Prof. Joris Dik (TU Delft) / Petria Noble (Mauritshuis/Rijksmuseum) PAinT: Paint Alteration in time. Implications for conservation, presentation and storage of oil paintings from Van Eyck to Mondrian. Prof. Piet Iedema (UvA) / Dr. Annelies van Loon (Mauritshuis/Rijksmuseum) Shedding light on endangered mutual heritage. Developing non-invasive imaging techniques to uncover, understand and preserve ancient Mexican pictorial manuscripts. Prof. Maarten Jansen (Leiden University) / Bodleian Library REVIGO: Re-assessing Vincent van Gogh’s use of colour using digital reconstructions. Lessons for the conservation and interpretation of paintings and drawings. Prof. Eric Postma (Tilburg University) / Van Gogh Museum Climate4Wood: Climate effects on decorated wooden panels. Dr. Henk Schellen (TU Eindhoven) / Paul van Duin (Rijksmuseum) Photographs and Preservation: How to save photographic works of art for the future? Prof. Kitty Zijlmans (Leiden University) / Sandra Weerdenburg (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam) The symposium will be moderated by: Marco Leone (Head Scientist The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Francesca Casadio (Co-Director NU-ACCESS/ Head Scientist Art Institute of Chicago) Symposium registration fee: 50 euro -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://cool.conservation-us.org/pipermail/consdistlist/attachments/20160923/cfc74cda/attachment.html> ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Archives through August 2016 at http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/ Current archives coming soon.
