GLOSSARY OF ART:
Conservation, materials & techniques, museology

It is a dictionary on concepts pertaining to art conservation, materials & techniques, museology. The author has researched various bibliographical English, French, Spanish, Italian and German sources, has translated all to English and has arranged all the renown experts´ definitions in alphabetical order.

AUDIENCE

Glossary of art  is a comprehensive information source for art historians, artists, curators, conservators, restorers, art dealers, auctioneers and art collectors.

Some comments about our publications:

Museum Documentation Association: Newsletter (pdf)

"New Terminology Source Published: An indispensable new reference tool is available for conservators, curators, archivists and collections professionals. Glossary of Conservation I is a dictionary of conservation and restoration terms. This, the first volume in a series on conservation, contains definitions from a wide range of respected European sources. From canvas to craquelure and from sepia to silica, this publication will guide you with accurate and detailed definitions".

ICOM-CC Documentation Group: Newsletter (pdf)
International Committee for Documentation ICOM: Newsletter (pdf)
ICON UK: Terminology (pdf)
IRPA: Petit glossaire à l'usage du conservateur-restaurateur de sculpture (pdf)

Some institutions that have bought Glossary 1-3

• Art Institute of Chicago, USA.
• Yale Center for British Art , New Haven, USA
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA.
• The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles, USA.
• Straus Center Conservation, Harvard University , Cambridge, USA.
• New York Public Library, New York, USA.
• National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C, USA.
• Centre de conservation du Québec, Québec, Canada.
• Canadian Conservation Institute, Ottawa, Canada.
• Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel.
• The British Museum, London, UK.
• Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.
• Chantry Library, Oxford,UK.
• British Library, London, UK.
• Museum of Liverpool, London, UK.
• Doerner Institut, Munich, Germany.
• Kunstbibliothek, Berlin, Germany.
• Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland.
• National Art Museum, Oslo, Norway.
• Instituut Collectie Nederland, Amsterdam, Holland.
• Institut Royal Patrimoine Artistique, Brussels, Belgium.
• Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, Lisboa, Portugal
• Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Histórico, Sevilla, Spain.
• Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, Spain.
• Fundació Miró, Barcelona, Spain.
• Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
• MACBA (Museum of Contemporary Art), Barcelona, Spain.

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