Event program
10:00
AM
Introduction
Prof. Eleonora Del Federico
Department of Mathematics and Science, Pratt Institute
Science and Artists' Materials, Techniques and Conservation
2nd Science and Art Symposium at Pratt Institute
April 1st – 2nd, 2008
Tuesday, April 1st
Science and Art History: Artists' Materials, Techniques and Conservation
Pratt Brooklyn Campus, ARC Building, Room E2
10:10
"What Lies Beneath: Technical Studies of Some 17th-Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings"
Prof. Frima Fox Hofrichter
Chair, History of Art and Design, Pratt Institute
10:35
"Conservation and Recreation: Veronese's Cana from Palladio's Refectory at San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice"
Prof. Diana Gisolfi
History of Art and Design, and Director of Pratt in Venice
11:00
Coffee Break
11:15
"Conserving Egyptian Funerary Materials, How Science Informs Conservation"
Lisa Bruno
Conservation Department, The Brooklyn Museum of Art
11:45
"Seeing Meaning in Manufacture — Bronze Statuary from Ancient Egypt"
Deborah Schorsch
Department of Objects Conservaton, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
12:10
PM
Lunch Break
Bronze Casting Demonstration
(through 4pm), Metal Shop, Chemistry Bldg. 3rd Floor
Prof. Licio Isolani
Sculpture, Pratt Institute
2:30
"A Case Study on Paint Consolidation from the Rebinding of a Medieval Illuminated Manuscript"
Mary Oey
Paper Conservation, The Morgan Library
2:55
"What Does Antibody Technology Tell US About Artists' Materials?"
Julie Arslanoglu
Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
3:20
Coffee Break
3:35
"Non-Invasive Characterization of Deterioriation Processes in Daguerreotypes"
Dr. Silvia Centeno
Department of Scientific Research, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
4:05
"Lapis lazuli: An Old, But Not Yet Fully Understood Pigment"
Dr. Mauro Bacci
Head of Research, Istituto di Fisica Applicata "Nello Carrara" – IFAC-CNR, Florence, Italy
Wednesday, April 2nd
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Art and Mummies
Pratt Brooklyn Campus, Engineering Building, Room 371
10:00
AM
"Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Art and Mummies"
Prof. Bernhard Blumich
Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
11:00
"Collaborative Research Projects between Pratt, NYU and the Metropolitan Museum of Art"
Prof. Eleonora Del Federico (Pratt Institute)
Prof. Alexej Jerschow
(New York University)
Dr. Silvia Centeno (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
11:20
"NMR of Ultramarine Blue and Lapis Lazuli"
Jacob Newman
Chemistry Department, New York University
11:30
"Stains on Works on Paper. Latest Results on NMR Studies"
Victoria Russell
Chemistry Department, New York University
11:45
Coffee Break
12:15
PM
"How Does the NMR MOUSE Work?"
Prof. Bernhard Blumich
NMR MOUSE tutorial held in the Chemistry and Art Lab, ARC Building, Room D-4
For More Information / Contact:
Prof. Eleonora Del Federicoedelfede@pratt.edu
(718) 636-3764