Conservation of Easel Paintings

Conservation of Easel Paintings is the first comprehensive text on the history, philosophy and methods of treatment of easel paintings integrating theory with practice.

A guide to necessary background knowledge in technical art history, artists' materials, interviews with artists, scientific methods of examination and documentation precedes sections that present varying approaches and methods for treatment. This book concludes with the history and treatment of frames and a section featuring issues of preventive conservation, storage, shipping, exhibition, display, wall colours, and lighting. Extensive bibliographies at the end of each section point readers to additional resources.

Conservation of Easel Paintings will be of use in the training of conservation students and will provide generations of practicing paintings conservators and interested art historians, curators, directors, collectors, dealers, artists, and students of art and art history with valuable information.


* The first comprehensive text on the history, philosophy and methods of the treatment of easel paintings in English
* Written by an international team of expert practitioners and conservation scholars
* Presents a wide range of approaches and discussion of both accepted and controversial methods.