Art conservation
1. Art conservation is a profession devoted to the preservation of cultural heritage for the future. Conservation activities include examination, documentation, treatment, and preventive care. All of this work is supported by research and education. Moreover, the conservator's work is guided by ethical standards.
2. Many cultural works are sensitive to environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity and exposure to light and ultraviolet light. They must be protected in a controlled environment where such variables are maintained within a range of damage-limiting levels. Shielding from sunlight of artefacts such as watercolour paintings for example is usually necessary to prevent fading of pigments.
3. Preventive conservation is an important element of museum policy and collections care. It is an essential responsibility of members of the museum profession to create and maintain a protective environment for the collections in their care, whether in store, on display, or in transit.
Interventive conservation refers to any act by a conservator that involves a direct interaction between the conservator and the cultural material. These interventive treatments could involve the cleaning, stabilizing, repair, or replacement of parts of the cultural material. It is essential that the conservator fully justify any such work, as well as fully documenting the work before, during, and after the treatment.
4. During the nineteenth century, the fields of science and art became increasingly intertwined as scientists such as Michael Faraday began to study the damaging effects of the environment to works of art. Louis Pasteur carried out scientific analysis on paint during this time period as well. Today, conservators routinely use chemistry and scientific analysis for the examination and treatment of cultural works. The modern conservation lab uses equipment such as microscopes, spectrometers, and X-ray machines to better understand and assess objects and their components.
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Conservation activities are always supported by research and education.
Painting
1. Art is as varied as the life from which it springs. Each artist portrays different aspects of the world. A great artist is able to take some aspect of life and give it depth and meaning. To do this he or she will make use of the many devices common to painting. These devices include composition (the arrangement of the objects within a picture), colour, form, and texture.
2. A painter doesn’t always need handsome and attractive subjects. Often an ordinary subject is transformed through artistry. Some artists use geometric or abstract forms, colours, and textures to create interest and meaning. It may be said that artists paint to discover truth and to create order. They put into their pictures our common hopes, ideals, and passions and show us their meaning and their value. Creators in all the arts make discoveries about the wonders and beauties of nature and the dignity and nobility of man. They give an order which enables us to see and understand life with greater depth. Beauty generally results from order but as a by-product, not a primary aim.
3. The painter is able to intensify our experiences. By finding new relationships among objects, new forms, and new colours, they show us things in our environment which we overlooked or ignored. They make the world about us become alive, rich, beautiful, and exciting.
4. The subject which an artist selects for a painting depends upon the time in which he lives. A painter living in the Middle Ages would probably have picked a religious subject, for that was almost the only kind of topic portrayed at the time. Had he lived in Holland during the 17th century he might have painted portraits, family scenes, or arrangements of dishes, fruits, and flowers, etc. At the present time few artists are painting religious pictures, and portraiture is less prevalent than it was formerly. Many new subjects have become available. The airplane has inspired artists to work on problems of space. The increasing use of machines has led painters to study mechanical forms. Abstract and non-objective subjects seek to find some basis of order in a changing world.
(Encyclopedia Britannica)
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To show the value of the life an artist should use only beautiful and natural objects.