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décembre 2015

15 décembre 2015 In In progress – Mural painting, Mural painting

Conservation of Coptic paintings and inscriptions decorating the caves of the Hamâm Farâun site (Sinai, Egypt)

Programme start: 2010 CICRP: Jean-Marc Vallet Partnership(s): Leiden University, University of Amsterdam, Supreme Council of Antiquities The purpose of the Hamâm Farâun project is to take an inventory of and preserve all the decorated caves discovered on this site since 2004. They are decorated with Coptic paintings, symbols

15 décembre 2015 In In progress – Mural painting, Mural painting

Stimulated infrared thermography for the conservation of mural paintings

Programme start: 2011–2012 CICRP: Jean-Marc Vallet (French coordinator) Partnerships(s): Historic Monuments Research Laboratory (LRMH), University of Reims, IDK (Germany), IESL-FORTH (Greece), IGN, MAP-GAMSAU, Avignon Art College (ESSA), Chartreuse de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, SINOPIA restoration workshop, Regional Conservation of Historic Monuments (CRMH) Languedoc-Roussillon The goal of this programme, which complements the

15 décembre 2015 In In progress – Mural painting, Mural painting

Identification of materials and techniques used in ancient painted plaster from Marseille

Programme start: 2005 CICRP: Philippe Bromblet, Vincent Mercurio Partnership(s): Municipal Archaeology Department, Heritage Workshop [Atelier du patrimoine], City of Marseille For several years, fragments of ancient painted plasters found in the excavation sites of Marseille have systematically formed the object of in-depth analyses to determine the nature of

15 décembre 2015 In Programmes de recherche

EWAGLOS

Ewaglos (European Illustrated Glossary of Conservation Terms for Wall Paintings and Architectural Surfaces) est un glossaire européen illustré multilingue sur les termes utilisés pour la conservation des peintures murales et surfaces architecturales. Les termes sont définis en 11 langues. En effet, les définitions en anglais

10 décembre 2015 In Ancient and modern painting, In progress – Modern painting

Cold painting on reverse glass

Programme start: 2012 CICRP: Christine Benoit (director, pictorial materials), Emilie Hubert (imaging) This programme concerns reverse glass painting or painting fixed under glass, with several perspectives: The study of technological aspects, on the one hand, since the techniques used have not always been well identified (for example,

10 décembre 2015 In Ancient and modern painting, In progress – Modern painting

Identification and location of organic material in stratigraphic sections using reactive fluorochromes under confocal microscopy

Programme start: 2011 CICRP: Nicolas Bouillon Partnership(s): Central Microscopy Facility of the University of Provence Analysis of the constituent organic materials of paints (binders, varnishes, glues) of particular complex character as a result of the small quantity of the available sample and chemical modifications undergone by these materials

9 décembre 2015 In Completed – Art, Contemporary arts and materials

The use of gels for the cleaning plastics

Programme start: 2012 CICRP: Alain Colombini Partnership(s): Clémentine Bollard, art restorer, grant holder of the National Centre of Plastic Arts (CNAP), Museums of France Research and Restoration Centre (C2RMF) This programme draws on research carried out by Clémentine Bollard, art restorer, CNAP grant holder. The scientific assistance of

9 décembre 2015 In Contemporary arts and materials, In progress – Art

Identification of paints for domestic and industrial application used by Picasso and his contemporaries

Programme start: 2009 CICRP: Alain Colombini (director), Norbert Bernstein, Emilie Hubert Partnership(s): Art Institute of Chicago (AIC), Musée Picasso of Antibes, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre of Marseille This research programme on the identification of paints of domestic and industrial application used by Picasso and his contemporaries has essentially concerned