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Does art want to be conserved?

June 30, 2011by Oliver 2 Comments

Several months ago, WJT Mitchell from the University of Chicago delivered a lecture and a follow-up seminar at the Stanford art department which discussed part of his book: What Do Pictures […]

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History and Theory

Protecting Patina on “Large Torso: Arch”

May 4, 2011by Oliver Leave a comment

Henry Moore’s “Large Torso: Arch” is one of the many bronze sculptures we have in the collection here at Stanford.  Like most bronzes, it has a chemical patina that was […]

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Conservation Treatments, Outdoor Sculpture

Johann Joaquim Winckelmann

March 24, 2011by Oliver 3 Comments

I was excited to learn in Ivy’s recent post about her exhibition “True Colors” that Johann Joaquim Winckelmann was partially responsible for spreading the myth about the whiteness of ancient […]

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