Um balanço do programa De Mayerne

O programa De Mayerne, que se desenvolveu entre 2001 e 2006, foi um ambicioso projecto que teve como grande objectivo o estudo ao nível molecular do envelhecimento das camadas de tinta e de verniz das obras de arte. Foi o sucessor do programa MOLART – Molecular Aspects of Ageing in Art, que decorreu entre 1995 e 2000, que muito modificou o panorama actual dos estudos laboratoriais das obras de arte.

Em 2006 realizou-se o colóquio de encerramento do programa De Mayerne. As comunicações apresentadas foram reunidas no volume seguinte:

Jaap J. Boon, Ester S. B. Ferreira (ed.), Reporting Highlights of the De Mayerne Programme, The Hague, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, 2006.

O volume está livremente disponível aqui.

Índice:

• J. Wadum, The De Mayerne programme: breaking new grounds for art science and conservation in the 21st century, pp. 9-12

• J. Wouters, Surrealism in science: the difference between analysis and analysis, pp. 13-20

• J. J. Boon, Processes inside paintings that affect the picture: chemical changes at, near and underneath the paint surface, pp. 21-32

• Michiel A. Verhoeven, L. Carlyle, J. Reedijk, J. G. Haasnoot, Exploring the application of solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance to the study of the deterioration of paintings, pp. 33-42

• Y. Shimadzu, K.J. van den Berg, On metal soap related colour and transparency changes in a 19th C painting by Millais, pp. 43-52

• E. S. B. Ferreira, R. Morrison, K. Keune, J. J. Boon, Chemical Characterisation of thin intermediate layers: Case study of a sample from the 15th century painting The Descent from the Crossby Rogier van der Weyden, pp. 53-63

• L. Carlyle, Historically Accurate Reconstructions of Oil Painters' Materials: An overview of the Hart Project 2002-2005, pp. 63-76

• E. Hendriks, S. Constantin, B. Marino, Various approaches to van Gogh technical studies; common grounds?, pp. 77-88

• K. J. van den Berg, A. Burnstock, L. Carlyle, M. Clarke, E. Hendriks, R. Hoppenbrouwers, J. Kirby, I. Lanfear, Fading of red lake paints after vincent van Gogh - an interdisciplinary study involving three De Mayerne projects, pp. 89-96

• van Grevenstein-Kruse, Multidisciplinary research on the paintings ensemble in the Oranjezaal of the Royal Palace Huis ten Bosch, pp. 97-108

• M. Clarke, L. Carlyle, Recipe databases for historical oil painting materials: Winsor & Newton Archive, pp. 109-114