The Melbourne Journal of Technical Studies in Art
Call for Papers
Submissions are now being invited for Volume III of the Melbourne Journal of Technical Studies in Art, which will focus on Supports.
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The Melbourne Journal of Technical Studies in Art is an essential tool for conservators, curators, art dealers and art historians. The Journal is a unique reference in Australia, publishing valuable first generation research in technical and conservation studies in Australia. It provides access to important research being carried out in conservation, art history and the scientific analysis of artworks. The aim of the Journal is to present material that does not fit readily into other publications.
The Journal has an editorial board of prominent Australian and International conservators, art historians and art dealers. The Journal is printed on archival paper and has been bound to high archival standards.
Volume II - Underdrawings, published 2005
Abstracts
- Sight and - now - sound: William Quiller Orchardson's The first cloud - Ted Gott
- An examination of Augustus Earle's A bivouac of travellers in Australia in a cabbage-tree forest, day break, using infrared reflectography - Allan Byrne, Kim Brunoro and Sheridan Roberts
- The verisimilar line: The use of infrared in a survey of a group of paintings by Eugene von Guerard - Michael Varcoe-Cocks
- Revisiting history: William Strutt's Bushrangers, Victoria, Australia, 1852 - Sean Loughrey and Robyn Sloggett
- Drawing from life? J. W. Lewin's The gigantic lyllie of New South Wales - Paula Dredge
- Donors and saints: An examination of a panel by the Master of Frankfurt - Anne Carter
- Portrait of a young woman by the Master of the 1540s: A study using infrared reflectography and X-radiography - Stuart Laidler
- A reordering of Ian Burn's Re-ordered painting, 1965 - Anne Carter
- Through a glass, darkly: Practical applications of infrared imaging - David Wise
Volume II of the Melbourne Journal of Technical Studies in Art - Underdrawing, is available for purchase now at $45.00 each plus postage ($6 within Australia, $12 international). See order form for details.
Volume I - Frames, published 1999
Abstracts:
- Picture Framemakers in Melbourne c. 1860-1930 - Hilary Maddocks
- A Framemaker of Colonial Melbourne: Isaac Whitehead c. 1819-1881 - Ana-Maria Espinoza
- Sydney Trade Directories 1843-1932: Carvers, Gilders and Picture Framemakers - Paula Dredge
- John Thallon 1848-1918 - Claire Newhouse
- Chronological Listing of Tasmanian Framemakers 1830-1930 - Therese Mulford
- J.M.W. Turner: At the Watercolour's Edge - Cobus van Breda
- Caring For Your Gilded Picture Frame - Malgorzata Sawicki
The Melbourne Journal of Technical Studies in Art - Frames is available for purchase at $25 each, plus postage ($6 within Australia, $12 international). See the order form (above) for details.