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| Aug 27, 2021
… 27, 2021 Madison Brockman, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Paper Conservation Conservation This summer, LACMA launched…
Unframed Blog
| Aug 29, 2016
… Project, a fruitful collaboration with the museum's Conservation Center to conduct technical analysis of ancient … Ceramics,…
Unframed Blog
| Dec 21, 2015
… and Works on Paper, a multipurpose space dedicated to the conservation, study, and display of paper-based works of art … and Works…
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| Sep 01, 2021
… 1, 2021 Staphany Cheng, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, Textiles Conservation This summer, LACMA launched the YouTube series … this…
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| Jan 23, 2024
… or computer-based works—popularized in the field of art conservation for the past few decades. Blog Entry Date Tue, … or computer-…
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| Sep 15, 2021
… Towers September 15, 2021 Lily Doan, Associate Conservator Conservation This summer, LACMA launched the YouTube series … our…
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| Mar 28, 2012
… of Children of the Plumed Serpent March 28, 2012 Conservation LACMA’s newest exhibition, Children of the … Serpent god,…
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| Dec 06, 2010
… India's Fabled City December 6, 2010 Scott Tennent Conservation India's Fabled City: The Art of Courtly Lucknow … of…
1986 | Wood, metal, beads, pigment, string, and rubber
pioneering Black assemblage artist Betye Saar and art conservator Richard Saar, Alison Saar grew up in ... a household filled with creative energy and a broad range of art objects—all of which fueled her desire to ...
circa 1934 | Oil on canvas
throughout his career. In Essays on Art he expressed his reverence for the simple objects of a still life: ... "We speak about things, but we seldom hear things speak to us. Things, objects, mutely cry to us: ... adventuresome in his figure paintings, in his still lifes he remained conservative for a longer period of time. ...
late 13th-early 14th century | Stucco, carved, traces of paint
found on courtly objects of the period in a variety of media. Combined with the wider trappings of the ... souvenirs of the visit, as several accounts relate. However, long-term conservation and restoration efforts ... reproductions of its ornament from the modern era. As conservation techniques continue to develop and improve, ...
negative 1976, printed 1990 | Gelatin silver print
conservative forces who objected to Mapplethorpe's posthumous retrospective exhibition "The Perfect ...
1976 | Gelatin silver print
when Mapplethorpe's work was condemned by Senator Jesse Helms and other conservative forces who ... objected to Mapplethorpe's posthumous retrospective exhibition "The Perfect Moment, organized by ...
1976 | Gelatin silver print
innocence." This recollection provides a counterpoint to Senator Jesse Helms and other conservative forces ... who, in 1989-90, objected to Mapplethorpe's posthumous retrospective exhibition "The Perfect ...
1985 | Wood, tin, shards and pigment
Betye Saar and art conservator Richard Saar, Alison Saar grew up in a household filled with creative ... energy and a broad range of art objects—all of which fueled her desire to create work reflecting what she ...
1983 | Wood, lead, and rope
Betye Saar and art conservator Richard Saar, Alison Saar grew up in a household filled with creative ... energy and a broad range of art objects—all of which fueled her desire to create work reflecting what she ...
1912 | Oil on canvas
an object. Often, as in this painting and Tanagra, 1918 (National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian ... horizontal composition, and the woman’s fascination with an object that she holds in her hand. In these ... delineation of form Hassam was more conservative in the window series than in his flag paintings of the same ...
1916 | Oil on canvas
complementary color of the rose drape next to the green objects. Breckenridge often borrowed from Matisse the ... device of placing a painting or patterned hanging, here an altar cloth, behind the objects on the table ... often worked closely with Arthur B. Carles (1880-1952), and the two even used the same objects in their ...
circa 1450 | Light yellow marble with black striations
once held a now-missing disk or other indeterminate object, while her raised right hand may have ... Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard University Art Museums, 1984. Pal, Pratapaditya; Dehejia, Vidya; ...
circa 1675-1700 | Bidri ware inlaid with silver and brass (tarkashi and tehnishan techniques) | On View
laudatory verses inscribed on prized decorative art objects. Water imagery is replete throughout the ... Text: Photo © Museum Associates/ LACMA Conservation, by Yosi Pozeilov Provenance: Public View: NO 17th ...
8th-9th century | Earthenware with applied decoration
showcases how a ceramicist could skillfully transform a utilitarian object into a playful allusion to their ... to drink an impressive amount of water (roughly 28-30 gallons in a session), and conserve it for ...
circa 1900 | Oil on canvas
paintings, objects were depicted so realistically that many people actually had to touch the canvas before ... they were convinced that the objects they were seeing were painted, not "real." Peto, ... however, was more concerned with the manner in which light could affect an object rather than with the ...
1925 | Oil on canvas
a thinner and flatter appearance. Henri’s portrayal of Ada Harrison is somewhat conservative, probably due ... their wealth and social positions. With an emphasis on material objects and textures, academic artists ... physical world with the objective detail of a photograph. Artists were now encouraged to leave their ...
6th century A.D. | Earthenware
hear conservator John Hirx explain the thermoluminescence testing process, press the audio play button ... /uiconf_id/6232402/partner_id/491681"></script> <object id="kaltura_player_1375240582" ... content="application/x-shockwave-flash"></span> </object> Handbook: Label: Bibliographic Entry: Mintz, Robert. 2014. <em>Japanese ...
1899 | Oil on canvas
painting is deeply conservative. But its essential modernity is announced in subtle ways: the abrupt ... material objects and textures, academic artists immortalized their patrons’ importance in full-length ... impressionists have to record the physical world with the objective detail of a photograph. Artists were now ...
1627 | Oil on canvas
156–65r" (letter dated 22 April 1987, Reni object file, Department of European Painting and Sculpture, ... by his greataunt Maria Isabella, wife and heir of Octavian Ubaldini. Ugo was appointed conservator of ...