Van Gogh's sunflowers illuminated : art meets science / edited by Ella Hendriks and Marije Vellekoop.

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TextSeries: Van Gogh Museum studies ; 1.Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press : Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type:

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9789048550531
904855053X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Van Gogh's sunflowers illuminated : art meets science.DDC classification:

759.9492 23

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ND653.G7

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Contents:

Van Gogh's Sunflowers : Research in context / Ella Hendriks and Costanza Miliani -- The Sunflowers in perspective / Nienke Bakker and Christopher Riopelle -- Methods, materials and condition of the London Sunflowers / Catherine Higgitt, Gabriella Macaro and Marika Spring -- Methods and materials of the Amsterdam Sunflowers / Ella Hendriks, Muriel Geldof, Letizia Monico, et al. -- Chemical alteration and colour changes in the Amsterdam Sunflowers / Letizia Monico, Ella Hendriks, Muriel Geldof, et al. -- Structure and chemical composition of the surface layers in the Amsterdam Sunflowers / Klaas Jan van den Berg, Ella Hendriks, Muriel Geldof, Suzan de Groot, et al. -- Conservation of the Amsterdam Sunflowers : From past to future / Ella Hendriks, Muriel Geldof, Klaas Jan van den Berg, Letizia Monico, et al. -- Methods and techniques : Optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Summary: This book is entirely devoted to the research performed over the years into Van Gogh's Sunflowers, an icon of Western European art.0Vincent van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' are seen by many as icons of Western European art. Two of these masterpieces he first version painted in August 1888 (The National Gallery, London) and the painting made after it in January 1889 (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam) have been the subject of a detailed comparison by an interdisciplinary team of experts. The pictures were examined in unprecedented depth using a broad array of techniques, including state-of-the-art, non-invasive imaging analytical methods, to look closely at and under the paint surface. Not only the making, but also the subsequent history of the works was reconstructed, including later campaigns of restoration. The study's conclusions are set out in this book, along with the fascinating genesis of the paintings and the sunflower's special significance to Van Gogh. More than 30 authors, all specialists in the field of conservation, conservation science and art history, have contributed to the research and publication presenting the outcomes of this unique project.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book is entirely devoted to the research performed over the years into Van Gogh's Sunflowers, an icon of Western European art.0Vincent van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' are seen by many as icons of Western European art. Two of these masterpieces he first version painted in August 1888 (The National Gallery, London) and the painting made after it in January 1889 (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam) have been the subject of a detailed comparison by an interdisciplinary team of experts. The pictures were examined in unprecedented depth using a broad array of techniques, including state-of-the-art, non-invasive imaging analytical methods, to look closely at and under the paint surface. Not only the making, but also the subsequent history of the works was reconstructed, including later campaigns of restoration. The study's conclusions are set out in this book, along with the fascinating genesis of the paintings and the sunflower's special significance to Van Gogh. More than 30 authors, all specialists in the field of conservation, conservation science and art history, have contributed to the research and publication presenting the outcomes of this unique project.