SCIENCE AND ART
SYMPOSIUM
ÒMagnetic
Resonance and ArtÓ
A Pratt-Met-NYU
Collaboration
Wednesday October
3rd, 2007 9:45am-6pm
Pratt Institute,
Engineering Building Room 371
To
register, please send e-mail to:
edelfede@pratt.edu
Program
9:45
am: Science and Art, PrattÕs collaborative projects with the Metropolitan
Museum of Art and New York University
Dr. Eleonora Del
Federico, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Pratt.
10:00 am: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Art: the
basics.
Dr. Alexej Jerschow,
Associate Professor, Chemistry Department, New York University.
10:15 am: Studies of ultramarine pigment fading and the
ÒgreeningÓ of the blue pigments in Medieval painting
Cyndi OÕHern, Research
Assistant and History of Art senior, Pratt and
Lindsey Tyne, Pratt
Alumni Research Assistant currently 2nd year graduate student , NYU Conservation Center.
10:30 am Magnetic Resonance of
stone materials and fresco paintings
Kara Winters, Pratt Alumni Research Assistant, MS in
Historic Preservation 2006, Pratt.
10:40 am The conservation of stains
on paper, the problem
Denise Stockman, Paper Conservator, The Morgan Library.
10:50 am NMR studies of stains
on paper
Jacob Newman, PhD. Student Chemistry Department, New York
University
11.00 am-11:10 am: Break
11:10 am: The aging of traditional oil paintings
Dr. Margaret MacDonald, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in
Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
11:25 am: The degradation of
paint films in Medieval illuminated manuscripts.
Dr. Eleonora Del Federico, Associate Professor of Chemistry,
Pratt Institute,
11:40 am: The importance of conservation, materials and
techniques in the curriculum of art history students
Prof. Diana Gisolfi, History of Art and Design, Director of
the Pratt in Venice program
11:55 am: The degradation of artistÕs materials from an
artistÕs perspective
Prof. Licio Isolani, Department of Fine Arts. Pratt
Institute
12:10
pm- Final remarks - Dr. Eleonora Del
Federico
12:15pm- 2:30pm – Lunch break
2:30pm-6:00
pm- NMR MOUSE, In situ colorimetry and fresco workshops- ARC-D4
Directions
Take the
Brooklyn-bound A or C train to the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station. Cross platform
and take G train (front car) to the Clinton-Washington station. Use Washington
Avenue exit. On Washington, walk one block north to DeKalb Avenue. Turn right
onto DeKalb and proceed one block to Hall Street/Saint James to the corner gate
of the Pratt campus. The talks are in the Engineering building, room 371.
Here is a Campus Map.
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