Collection
Cleaning and Conservation
- Submission status
- Closed
The complex challenges inherent to cleaning works of art and other cultural heritage — defined broadly as the removal of unwanted materials — have in recent years, benefited from enhanced research and practice efforts which have resulted in the development and evaluation of a range of new or modified options. These have facilitated new ways of approaching, executing, assessing and evaluating cleaning treatments across a wide range of heritage materials. Contributions to this special collection in Heritage Science include evaluated treatments on impactful case study works of art and other materials, the development and evaluated application of novel and modified cleaning materials, tools and approaches, and scientific explorations into cleaning materials and effects on a range of cultural materials. The papers collectively provide a snapshot of ongoing work, including how recent developments in cleaning tools and understanding from projects such as Nanorestart, the Cleaning of Modern Oil Paints and many others are influencing practice and refining research questions to help achieve treatment aims while also lowering risks to users and cultural heritage, as well as enhancing sustainability.
Editors
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Bronwyn Ormsby
Tate, UK
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Angelica Bartoletti
NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal
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Klaas van den Berg
Cultural Heritage Agency, Netherlands
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Chris Stavroudis
Independent Conservator, USA
Articles (19 in this collection)
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Cleaning testing of nineteenth-century plaster surface models with thin polyacrylamide-based gel layers attached to flexible polyethylene films
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Charis Theodorakopoulos
- Valentina Risdonne
- Ulrich Jonas
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 15 May 2023
- Article: 95
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The identification, approaches to cleaning and removal of a lead-rich salt crust from the surface of an 18th century oil painting
Authors
- Nikita Shah
- Emilie Froment
- Kate Seymour
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 21 April 2023
- Article: 80
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Towards a novel strategy for soot removal from water-soluble materials: the synergetic effect of hydrogels and cyclomethicone on gelatine emulsion-based photographs
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Natalia Ortega Saez
- Robbe Arno
- Ehab Al-Emam
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 19 April 2023
- Article: 78
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Effects of selected solvents on PMMA after prolonged exposure: unilateral NMR and ATR-FTIR investigations
Authors
- Stefani Kavda
- Stavroula Golfomitsou
- Emma Richardson
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 29 March 2023
- Article: 63
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Bleaching cotton in textile conservation: a closer look using atomic force microscopy
Authors
- Rana T. A. Salem
- Karen Thompson
- Mahesh Uttamlal
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 05 December 2022
- Article: 195
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Congregation leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen by Vincent van Gogh: a combined multi-instrumental approach to analyse the painting’s stratigraphy in support of varnish removal
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Magdalena Iwanicka
- Patrizia Moretti
- Piotr Targowski
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 22 October 2022
- Article: 167
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Investigating the potential of the Nd:YAG and Er:YAG lasers for the cleaning of feathers: a pilot study
Authors
- Moira Bertasa
- Capucine Korenberg
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 03 October 2022
- Article: 153
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Historical-graphical analysis and digital preservation of cultural heritage: case study of the baptismal font of the church of Santiago Apóstol in Montilla (Córdoba, Spain)
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- María Araceli Calvo-Serrano
- Rafael Ortiz-Cordero
- Paula Triviño-Tarradas
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 24 September 2022
- Article: 149
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Key characterization efforts to support the graffiti ink removal and care of Mark Rothko’s painting ‘Black on Maroon’ 1958
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Scott T. Wills
- Bronwyn A. Ormsby
- Robert L. Sammler
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 10 September 2022
- Article: 143
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Vitality evaluation of historical and cultural districts based on the values dimension: districts in Beijing City, China
Authors
- Yan Zhang
- Yikuan Han
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 01 September 2022
- Article: 137
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New tool for sustainable treatments: agar spray—research and practice
Authors
- Ambra Giordano
- Maria Rita Caruso
- Giuseppe Lazzara
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 02 August 2022
- Article: 123
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The use of gels in localized dechlorination treatments of metallic cultural heritage objects
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Clémence Fontaine
- Stéphane Lemoine
- Elodie Guilminot
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 27 July 2022
- Article: 117
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Deep eutectic solvents: green solvents for the removal of degraded gelatin on cellulose nitrate cinematographic films
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Marco Valente Chavez Lozano
- Giorgia Sciutto
- Rocco Mazzeo
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 21 July 2022
- Article: 114
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A green approach to clean iron stains from marble surfaces
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Luigi Campanella
- Francesco Cardellicchio
- Anna Maria Salvi
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 June 2022
- Article: 79
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Green chitosan: thiourea dioxide cleaning gel for manganese stains on granite and glass substrates
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Bruno Campos
- Alexandra Marco
- Patrícia Moreira
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 December 2021
- Article: 160
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Understanding and optimizing Evolon® CR for varnish removal from oil paintings
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Lambert Baij
- Chun Liu
- Katrien Keune
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 November 2021
- Article: 155
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Carbon dioxide snow cleaning of paper
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Ludmila Mašková
- Jiří Smolík
- Petr Stanovský
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 November 2021
- Article: 145
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Evaluation of novel cleaning systems on mock-ups of unvarnished oil paint and chalk-glue ground within the Munch Aula Paintings Project
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Lena Porsmo Stoveland
- Tine Frøysaker
- Bronwyn Ormsby
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 November 2021
- Article: 144