ISBN: HB: 9780892366385
March 2006
515 pp.
25,5x19,0 cm
118 colour illus., 19 black&white illus.
HB:
55.00 GBP
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Copper and Bronze in Art
Corrosion, Colorants, Conservation
A review of 190 years of literature on copper and its alloys. It integrates information on pigments, corrosion and minerals, and discusses environmental conditions, conservation methods, ancient and historical technologies, and the use of corrosion materials as pigments. There are four appendices which deal with important collateral information.
About the author
David Scott is a senior scientist at the Getty Conservation Institute. He has two previous publications on ancient and historic metals and has contributed more than sixty papers to conservation and scientific journals.