CNS623

Art Conservation Department

Abstract

Prerequisites: Co-requisite with CNS622 Hands-on conservation of easel paintings. Includes treatment proposal ethics and 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 the spring.