MOLART - Molecular Aspects of Ageing in Painted Works of Art

O programa MOLART - Molecular Aspects of Ageing in Painted Works of Art foi um projecto de investigação desenvolvido no AMOLF - The Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Holanda, entre 1995 e 2000, que envolveu historiadores, restauradores, químicos e físicos e teve como objectivo estudar as obras de arte a um nível molecular.

Deste programa resultou um grande número de publicações, muitas delas nas revistas mais prestigiadas. Pode-se ver essa lista em http://www.amolf.nl/research/biomacromolecular_mass_spectrometry/molart/Publications.html.

No âmbito do programa foram defendidas várias teses de doutoramento, algumas das quais se encontram integralmente disponíveis online. É o caso das seguintes:

• Gisela A. van der Doelen, Molecular studies of fresh and aged triterpenoid varnishes, 1999, http://www.amolf.nl/publications/theses/doelen/doelen.html

• O. F. van den Brink, Molecular Changes in Egg Tempera Paint Dosimeters as Tools to Monitor the Museum Environment, 2001, http://www.amolf.nl/publications/theses/brink/brink.html

• J. van den Berg, Analytical Chemical Studies on Traditional Oil Paint, 2002, http://www.amolf.nl/publications/theses/berg/berg.html

• Jaap van der Weerd, Microspectroscopic analysis of traditional oil paint, 2002, http://www.amolf.nl/publications/theses/weerd/index.html?weerd.html

• Nicolas Wyplosz, Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometric Studies of Artists'organic Pigments, 2003, http://www.amolf.nl/publications/theses/wyplosz/wyplosz.html

• Georgiana M. Languri, Molecular studies of asphalt, mummy and Kassel earth pigments: their characterisation, identification and effect on the drying of traditional oil paint, 2004, http://www.amolf.nl/publications/theses/languri/languri.html