Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents PART I Technical art history, examination, documentation, and scientific analysis 1 Art technological source research: documentary sources on European painting to the twentieth century, with Appendices IVII / Jilleen Nadolny, Mark Clarke, Erma Hermens, Ann Massing, and Leslie Carlyle -- 2 Exploring the grammar of oil paint through the use of historically accurate reconstructions / Leslie Carlyle -- 3 Collecting and archiving information from living artists for the conservation of contemporary art / Ysbrand Hummelen and Tatja Scholte, with an appendix of additional archival sources -- A history of Western easel painting materials from the early Renaissance to 2020 -- 4 History and use of panels or other rigid supports for easel paintings / Edited by Jrgen Wadum and Noëlle Streeton -- 5 History of fabric supports / Christina Young, with a section on canvas stencils by Alexander W. Katlan -- 6 Stretchers, tensioning, and attachments / Barbara A. Buckley -- 7 Grounds, 1400 1900 / Maartje Stols- Witlox, Including: Grounds in the twentieth century and beyond / Bronwyn Ormsby and Mark Gottsegen -- 8 Pigments in Western easel painting / Nicholas Eastaugh, Jilleen Nadolny, and Sarah Lowengard -- Including: Binding media / Erma Hermens and Joyce Townsend -- 9 Ageing and deterioration of traditional oil and tempera paints / Annelies van Loon, Petria Noble, and Aviva Burnstock 10 Modern paints 10.1: Modern synthetic polymer paints / Tom Learner -- 10.2: Modern oil paints / Klaas Jan van den Berg, Judith Lee, and Bronwyn Ormsby -- 11 A brief survey of historical varnishes / Alan Phenix and Joyce Townsend -- 12 Varnishing of acrylic paintings by artists / Mark Golden Techniques of examination and documentation used by the conservator and conservation scientist 13 Written documentation for paintings conservation / Clare Finn -- 14 Image documentation for paintings conservation / David Saunders and Loa Ludvigsen -- 15 Notes on the history of conservation documentation: examples from the UK and USA / Morwenna Blewett -- 16 The classification of craquelure patterns / Spike Bucklow -- 17 The technical examination and documentation of easel paintings / Rhona MacBeth and Caitlin Breare -- 18 Optical microscopy / Nicholas Eastaugh and Valentine Walsh -- 19 Identification of textile fibres found in common painting supports / Debora D. Mayer -- 20 Cross- section microscopy analysis and fluorescent staining / Richard C. Wolbers, Susan L. Buck, and Peggy Olley -- 21 A history of early scientific examination and analysis of painting materials ca. 1780 to the mid- twentieth century / Jilleen Nadolny -- 22 Research into and analysis of the materials of easel paintings / Joyce Townsend, Katrien Keune, and Jaap Boon PART II: Methods and approaches for the treatment and care of easel paintings Structural conservation of easel paintings 23 Consolidation of flaking paint and ground / Michael von der Goltz, Ina Birkenbeul, Isabel Horovitz, Morwenna Blewett, and Irina Dolgikh -- 24 Tear mending and other structural treatments of canvas paintings, before or instead of lining / Winfried Heiber, Carolyn Tomkiewicz, Mikkel Scharff, and Rustin Levenson -- 25 Lining easel paintings / Stephen Hackney, Joan Reifsnyder, Mireille te Marvelde, and Mikkel Scharff -- 26 The structural conservation of paintings on wooden panel supports / Paul Ackroyd The cleaning of easel paintings 27 Picture cleaning: positivism and metaphysics / David Bomford -- 28 Research on the Pettenkofer method and the historical understanding of paint film swelling and interaction / Sibylle Schmitt -- 29 Considerations on removing or retaining overpainted additions and alterations / Michael von der Goltz and Joyce Hill Stoner -- 30 Aqueous methods for the cleaning of paintings / Richard Wolbers and Christopher Stavroudis, with revisions and additions by Matthew Cushman -- 31 Removal of varnish: organic solvents as cleaning agents / Alan Phenix and Richard Wolbers, updated by Joyce Townsend, Stefan Zumbühl, and Angelica Bartoletti with Judith Lee and Bronwyn Ormsby -- 32 Case study in the use of lasers to remove overpaint from Ad Reinhardts Black Painting, 196066 / Lena Stringari -- 33 Cleaning concerns for acrylic emulsion paints / Bronwyn Ormsby and Tom Learner -- Compensation: filling, retouching/ inpainting, varnishing (or not) 34 History of visual compensation for paintings / Jilleen Nadolny -- 35 Filling / Laura Fuster- López -- 36 The imitative retouching of easel paintings / Shawn Digney- Peer, Karen Thomas, Roy Perry, Joyce Townsend, and Stephen Gritt -- 37 Varnishing as part of the conservation treatment of easel paintings / Michael von der Goltz, Robert G. Proctor, Jr, Jill Whitten, Lance Mayer, and Gay Myers, with Ann Hoenigswald and Michael Swicklik PART III: Preventive conservation, health and safety, outreach, and professional organisations 38 Travelling exhibitions and transporting paintings / Barbara A. Ramsay -- 39 Storage of easel paintings / Tom Dixon -- 40 The lighting of easel paintings / Jim Druzik and Stefan Michalski -- 41 Understanding the deterioration of paintings by microorganisms and insects / Karin Petersen and Jens Klocke -- 42 The sustainable conservation management of exhibitions / Jeremy Hutchings -- 43 Emergency preparedness and recovery / Rustin Levenson -- 44 Framing, glazing, backing, and hanging of paintings on canvas / Tom Dixon -- 45 Framing and microclimate enclosures for panel paintings / Ian McClure -- 46 Health and safety concerns in the paintings conservation studio / Monona Rossol, Mary McGinn, and Joyce H. Townsend -- 47 International public outreach projects / Joyce Hill Stoner -- 48 Recommending materials to artists / Brian Baade and Kristin deGhetaldi -- 49 Conservation organisations and professional standards / Rebecca Rushfield.

Conservation of Easel Paintings, Second Edition provides a much-anticipated update to the previous edition, which has come to be known internationally as an invaluable and comprehensive text on the history, philosophy and methods of the treatment of easel paintings. Including 49 chapters written by more than 90 respected authors from around the world, this volume offers the necessary background knowledge in technical art history, artists materials and scientific methods of examination and documentation. Later sections of the book provide information about the varying approaches and methods for treatment and issues of preventive conservation, as well as valuable reflections on storage, shipping, and exhibition. Including exciting developments that have taken place since the last edition was published, the book also covers new techniques of examination, especially MacroXRF scanning and Reflectance Transmission Imagery. Drawing on research presented at recent professional conferences, information about innovative methods for cleaning modern and contemporary paintings and insights into modern oil paints is also included. Incorporating the latest regulations and understanding of health and safety practices and integrating theory with practice throughout, Conservation of Easel Paintings, Second Edition will continue to be an indispensable reference for practicing conservators. It will also be an essential resource for students taking conservation courses around the world.