The Scientific Department of the National Gallery is hosting a three-day
conference to mark the publication of the 30th volume of the National
Gallery Technical Bulletin.
The central theme of the conference will be all subjects relating to the
technical study of Old Master paintings and the history and technology
of painting materials and techniques, research topics which have been
the focus of the Technical Bulletin over the last 30 years.
The most recent international meeting devoted to this subject was the
IIC Congress in Dublin in 1998, 10 years ago. Considerable developments
have taken place in this field since then, and this conference aims to
examine the advances that have been made and enable new work to be
disseminated and discussed.
The overall programme of papers should prove of interest to
conservators, curators and art-historians, and to scientists working in
the heritage and museum fields.
The language of the conference is English.
Call for Papers
Contributions to the conference should be original material that has not
been published elsewhere and should be directly related to the materials
and practice of European Old Master painting. Papers of an
interdisciplinary nature that apply technical findings and analytical
evidence to art historical and conservation problems are particularly
encouraged.
Wider discussions of documentary sources, painting practice and
materials, and technology of paintings are also welcome for works from
the fourteenth century until the early decades of the twentieth century.
Technical papers on works of art in other media which have a direct
bearing on easel paintings will also be considered for inclusion in the
conference programme.
Abstracts
If you would like to contribute a paper to the conference, please submit
an abstract of no more than 500 words by email to
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Presentations
Papers will be selected and contributors will be contacted in due
course. Speakers will be allocated approximately 25 minutes for their
presentation plus some time for questions.
Postprints
It is intended that postprints of the conference will be published.
Contributors will be responsible for obtaining all the necessary
copyright permissions for their contributions.
Final manuscripts for publication will be required by 31 October 2009.
These should be no more than 4000 words including all references and
should contain no more than 8 illustrations.
Detailed guidelines for authors will be available at a later date.
Details from
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/what/events/2009/sep/technicalbulletin_conference/default.htm
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