Research Catalog

Title

Conservation of mural paintings / edited by Ulf Lindborg.

Publication

Stockholm : National Heritage Board, c2001.

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Additional Authors

• Lindborg, Ulf.
• Sweden. Riksantikvarieämbetet.

Description

111 p. : ill. (some col.); 28 cm.

Alternative Title

Mural paintings in Scandanavia.

Subject

• Mural painting and decoration > Conservation and restoration > Congresses
• Mural painting and decoration, Swedish > Conservation and restoration > Congresses

Note

• Includes papers presented at the international symposium, "Mural paintings in Scandinavia - current questions in conservation and restoration," organized by the National Heritage Board and held 21-23 June 1999 in Gotland and Uppland--Preface.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Problems in the conservation of mural paintings -- The fate of mural paintings -- Chemical analysis of mediaeval mural paintings -- Fixation, consolidation and cleaning of murals -- Mediaeval mural paintings in the county of Kristianstad -- Bjaresjo Church, Skane. A brief description of the conservation work -- Test of injectable mortars in laboratory and field -- Hydraulic lime based injectable mortars -- The Bird Frieze, a fragment of a 16th century mural painting -- Wall and ceiling paintings in the churches of Latvia. Discoveries, losses and conservation -- Conservation in Muhu Church, Estonia -- The conservation of wall paintings. A few examples from Flanders, Belgium -- Temporary consolidation using volatile binding media -- Notes on consolidation of plaster in Portugal.

ISBN

9172092238

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