Miguel Angel, Mahasti Afshar, "Art and Eternity: The Nefertari Wall Paintings Conservation Project 1986-1992"
OUP | 1993 | ISBN: 0892361301 | English | True PDF | 160 pages | 19 MB
OUP | 1993 | ISBN: 0892361301 | English | True PDF | 160 pages | 19 MB
This is the final report on the conservation of the wall paintings in the tomb of Nefertari in the Valley of the Queens, Egypt. This highly successful collaborative venture launched by the Getty Conservation Institute and the Egyptian Antiquities Organization brought together scientists and conservators from all over the world to address the problems facing one of the most beautiful monuments of antiquity. The painstaking process that saved this cultural treasure in situ is documented in the text written by those who were most intimately involved in its rescue. Paolo and Laura Mora worked with and trained the team of conservators who carried out the consolidation and cleaning of the paintings. An international group of scientists carried out the analysis that was essential to the conservation process. Others contribute articles on the archaeology of the Valley, the iconography of the tomb, the original techniques and materials used by the artists, photographic documentation of the wall paintings, and literary sources for their study.
Project Members
Dynasties of Ancient Egypt
Foreword
Mohamed Ibrahim Bakr
Introduction
Miguel Angel Corzo
Map of the Theban Necropolis, and the Nefertari Tomb Plan
Color Plates
Map of Egypt
The Valley of the Queens and Royal Children
Christian Leblanc
Iconography of the Nefertari Wall Paintings
Mahasti Afshar
Original Painting Techniques and Materials Used in the Tomb of Nefertari
Stephen Rickerby
Analyses of Pigments, Binding Media, and Varnishes
Dusan Stulik, Eduardo Porta, and Antoni Palet
The Nefertari Conservation Program
Paolo Mora and Laura Sbordoni Mora
The Color Measurement Program in the Tomb of Nefertari
Michael Schilling
Photographic Documentation of the Nefertari Wall Paintings
Mahasti Afshar
Environmental Monitoring at the Tomb of Nefertari
Shin Maekawa
Conclusion
Neville Agnew
Source Materials for the Study of the Nefertari Wall Paintings:
I. The History, Art, and Archaeology of the Nineteenth Dynasty
II. Abu Simbel: General History, Art, and Archaeology
III. Scientific and Paintings Conservation Studies
Mahasti Afshar
Author Index
Dynasties of Ancient Egypt
Foreword
Mohamed Ibrahim Bakr
Introduction
Miguel Angel Corzo
Map of the Theban Necropolis, and the Nefertari Tomb Plan
Color Plates
Map of Egypt
The Valley of the Queens and Royal Children
Christian Leblanc
Iconography of the Nefertari Wall Paintings
Mahasti Afshar
Original Painting Techniques and Materials Used in the Tomb of Nefertari
Stephen Rickerby
Analyses of Pigments, Binding Media, and Varnishes
Dusan Stulik, Eduardo Porta, and Antoni Palet
The Nefertari Conservation Program
Paolo Mora and Laura Sbordoni Mora
The Color Measurement Program in the Tomb of Nefertari
Michael Schilling
Photographic Documentation of the Nefertari Wall Paintings
Mahasti Afshar
Environmental Monitoring at the Tomb of Nefertari
Shin Maekawa
Conclusion
Neville Agnew
Source Materials for the Study of the Nefertari Wall Paintings:
I. The History, Art, and Archaeology of the Nineteenth Dynasty
II. Abu Simbel: General History, Art, and Archaeology
III. Scientific and Paintings Conservation Studies
Mahasti Afshar
Author Index