Photography Links & Resources
Metals in Art Links
Light & Color Links & Resources
Pigments & Painting Links & Resources
Fiber Arts Links & Resources
General Wellesley College Links
Selected Sources for Art Conservation

Photography Links & Resources:

Links
1. History of photography:
a. http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/
b. History of Photography
3. Alternative photographic processes:
a. The Alternative Photographic Process FAQ: FAQ
b. Mike Ware’s alternative photographic site: Alternative
4. Paul Messier’s site: Messier's
5. Albumen photography: at Stanford
6. Images from several photographers. Photographers

References
1. Chemistry of silver-based photographic processes: Mary Virginia Orna and
Madeline P. Goodstein, Chemistry and Artists’ Colors, 2nd Edition
(New Rochelle, NY, 1998), Chapter 20, page 355-369.

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Metals in Art Links:

Links
1. Periodic tables on the Web: Periodic Tables
2. All about copper from the Copper Development Association:
http://www.copper.org/
3. Etching in the Printmaking Studio at Wellesley College:
Etching at Wellesley
4. Sculpture:
a. UCLA Sculpture Garden: Sculpture at UCLA
b. Saint Gaudens Historic Site: Saint Gaudens
c. August Rodin Web Images: Rodin's Images
d. Henry Moore Web Images: Moore's Images
5. Malachite, copper-containing pigment,
rom Webexhibits on pigments: Webexhibits

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Light & Color Links & Resources:

Links
1. Hampton-Sidney art and chemistry web site:
Art at Hampton-Sidney
2. University of Arizona course "Patterns in Nature:"
a. Color: http://acept.la.asu.edu/PiN/rdg/color/color.shtml
b. Optical spectroscopy and atomic structure:
http://acept.la.asu.edu/PiN/rdg/optical/optical.shtml
3. Basic ideas regarding nature of light:
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/search/index.asp
which is part of a larger site on microscopy:
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/index.html
4. Glossary of color science:
Glossary
5. Chemistry of autumn colors: Fall Colors

References
1. Taft, W. Stanley, Jr. and Mayer, James W. (2000) The Science of Painting.
New York: Springer-Verlag. Chapter 5, pp. 50-65.
2. Hampton-Sidney art and chemistry web site:
Art at Hampton-Sidney.
3. Overheim, R. Daniel and Wagner, David L.
(1982) Light and Color. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Chapter 2, "The Origin of Color," discusses the connection between
theories of atomic structure and light (Section 2.3) and the relationships
between reflected, transmitted, and absorbed light.
Chapter 3, "Colorimetry, describing and measuring color,"
provides a good overview of the different color measuring systems.
4. Billmeyer, Fred W., Jr. and Saltzman, Max. (1981)
Principles of Color Technology, 2nd Edition. New York: Wiley-Interscience.
5. Billmeyer, Jr., Fred W. (1981) "Color and the appearance of objects."
Journal of Chemical Education. 58: 367.

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Pigments & Painting Links & Resources:

Links
1. From webexhibits.org:
http://webexhibits.org/pigments/
2. Indianapolis Museum of Art:
Indianapolis Museum
3. Chemistry of photography at Hampton-Sidney College
Art at Hampton-Sidney
4. Wellesley College Paint Shop Pond:
Paint Shop at Wellesley
5. Chemistry at Sewanee University:
CHemistry at Sewanee
6. From a course on chemistry and art at Lafayette College:
Chemistry and Art at Lafayette
7. From Gamblin, a company specializing in restoration:
Gamblin
8. From Sinopia, a company selling pigments:
Sinopia

References

A. General
1. Indianapolis Museum of Art :
http://www.ima-art.org/education/schoolprograms/science/index.html
2. Taft, W. Stanley, Jr. and Mayer, James W. (2000) The Science of Painting.
New York: Springer-Verlag. Chapters 1 & 2, pp. 1-25.
3. Orna, Mary Virginia and Goodstein, Madeline P.
Chemistry and Artistsê Colors, 2nd Edition (New Rochelle, NY, 1998),
Chapter 20, page 355-369. Find page numbers.
4. Friedstein, Harriet G. (1981) "A Short History of the Chemistry of Painting"
Journal of Chemical Education58: 291-294.
5. National Gallery (1989) Italian painting before 1400 [videorecording] /
the National Gallery. London: The National Gallery 6. National Gallery (1988).
Rembrandt [videorecording] / the National Gallery [London]: The National Gallery.
7. National Gallery (1990) Impressionism [videorecording] / National Gallery.
London: The National Gallery.
8. Gettens, Rutherford J and Stout, George (1966) Painting materials:
A Short Encyclopaedia. New York: Dover.
9. Wallert, Arie; Hermens, Erma and Peek, Marja F. J. (1995)
Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice. Los Angeles:
Getty Conservation Institute

B. Pigments
1. Butler, Ian S.; Furbacher, Richard J. (1985) "Chemistry and artists' pigments."
Journal of Chemical. Education. 62: 334.
2. Orna, Mary Virginia. "Chemistry and artists colors. Part III.
Preparation and properties of artists' pigments." 1980
Journal of Chemical Education 57: 267.
3. Robert L. Feller, Editor "Artists' pigments:
A handbook of their history and characteristics" (1986-1997)
Washington: National Gallery of Art. Vol. 2,
Ashok Roy, editor; Vol. 3, Elisabeth West FitzHugh, editor.
4. Balfour-Paul, Jenny (1998) Indigo, London: British Museum Press.

C. Scientific Analysis of Paintings
1. Derrick, Michele R.; Stulik, Dusan; and Landry, James M. (1999) Infrared
2. Spectroscopy in Conservation Science (1999) Los Angeles:
Getty Conservation Institute.
3. Striegel, Mary and Hill, Jo (1996) Thin-layer Chromatography
for Binding Media Analysis. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute.
4. Lambert, Joseph B. (1997) Traces of the past. Unraveling the Secrets
of Archaeology through Chemistry. Reading, MA: Helix Books, Addison Wesley.
5. Heard, James. (1992) Physics and fine art [videorecording] Cicero, Ill. :
The Roland Collection.

D. Fresco Painting
1. Cather, Sharon, Ed. (1991) The Conservation of Wall Paintings.
Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute.
2. Hocombe, Sarah (1999). Fresco Painting for home and Garden.
London: David and Charles.
3. Mirsky, Nick, director; Ball, Hendrik, producer. (1992)
A restoration drama [videorecording] Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities.

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Fiber Arts Links & Resources:

A. Chemistry and structure of cellulose and related compounds
1. Mills, John S. and White, Raymond. The organic chemistry of
museum objects, 2nd edition. London: Butterworth Heinemann.
Chap. 6 "Carbohydrates: sugars and polysaccharides" provides
a good overview of the chemistry of these materials in the context
of conservation of museum objects.
2. Snyder, Carl H. The extraordinary chemistry of everyday things.
New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Chap. 14, pp. 372-398,
"Carbohydrates," provides an interesting overview of this group of chemicals.

B. Textiles
1. Butler, Sara and Malott, Sally (1981) Textile chemistry for the artist.
Journal of Chemical Education 58: 295.
2. Kauffman, George B. (1993) Rayon: The first semi-synthetic fiber
product (PROD)" Journal of Chemical Education 70: 887.
3. Letcher, Trevor M. and Lutseke, Nothando S. (1990) A closer look
at cotton, rayon, and polyester fibers. Journal of Chemical Education 67: 361.
4. Orna, Mary Virginia and Goodstein, Madeline P. (1998)
Chemistry and artists’ colors, 2nd edition. p.265-274. Philadelphia, PA:
Chemical Heritage Foundation.

C. Paper
1. Dempsey, David (1995) The history and technology of papermaking.
Northampton, MA: Smith College Museum of Art.
2. Roberts, J. C. (1996) The chemistry of paper.
Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry
3. Carter, Henry A. (1997) Thenchemistry of paper preservation:
Part 4. Alkaline paper. Journal of Chemical Education 74:508.
4. Carter, Henry A. (1996) The chemistry of paper preservation:
Part 3. The strengthening of paper. Journal of Chemical Education 73:1160. 10.
5. Carter, Henry A. (1996) The chemistry of paper preservation:
Part 2. The yellowing of paper and conservation bleaching.
Journal of Chemical Education 73: 1068.
6. Carter, Henry A. (1996) The chemistry of paper preservation:
Part 1. The aging of paper and conservation techniques.(1996)
Journal of Chemical Education 73, 417.

D. Indigo Dyeing
1. Boykin, David W. (1998) A convenient apparatus for small-scale
dyeing with indigo Journal of Chemical Education 75, 769.
2. McKee, James R. and Zanger, Murray. (1991)A microscale synthesis of indigo:
Vat dyeing (ML). Journal of Chemical Education 68, A242.
1. Torimoto, Norboru. (1987) An indigo plant as a teaching material.
Journal Chemistry Education 64, 332
2. Balfour-Paul, Jenny (1998) Indigo, London: British Museum Press.

Links
1. From Sewanee web site:
http://www.sewanee.edu/chem/Chem%26Art/default.html

2. Making paper by hand:
a. Institute of Paper Science and Technology website:
http://www.ipst.edu/amp/museum_virtual_tour.htm
b. Handpapermaking Association:
http://www.handpapermaking.org/.
Articles for beginning papermakers:
Beginning Papermakers

3. Cellulose Structure and Chemistry
a. Comparison of cellulose and starch:Cellulose and Starch
and http://www.psrc.usm.edu/macrog/starlose.htm
as well as Chime Structures (Chime Structures)
b. Carbohydrates: Carbohydrates at ...
c.at Mount Holyoke
d. Comparison of cellulose and amylose (Chime structures):
http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-dept/helm/3434WOOD/chime/cell.html
e. Chime Structures of Glucose and its polymers:
http://info.bio.cmu.edu/Courses/BiochemMols/LectMols/GlucoseL.htm
and
http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/vchemlib/mim/bristol/glucose/glucose_text.htm

4. Textile Museums:
a. American Textile History Museum in Lowell, MA:
http://www.athm.org/sites/athm24/welcome.html
b. Textile Museum in Washington, DC specializing in non-western cultures:
http://www.textilemuseum.org/mission.htm
c. Textile collection at the NY Metropolitan Museum of Art:
http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/department.asp?dep=20

5. Mass deacidification of acidic papers as part of
a large on-line site for conservation materials:
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/.

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General Wellesley College Links
Davis Museum Cultural Center
Book Arts Lab
Art Department
Chemistry Department Homepage

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Selected Sources for Art Conservation

A. Conservation Research and Services
1. Getty Conservation Institute:
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/
2. Straus Center for Conservation at Harvard:
at Harvard
and on-line exhibit of digital imaging techniques
used in Renaissance paintings:
Renaissance Paintings
3. Williamstown Conservation Institute:
http://www.williamstownart.org/
4. Art Conservation Center of the University of Denver:
http://www.du.edu/accdu/
5. Balboa Art Conservation Centerhttp:
http://www.rap-arcc.org/balboa.htm

B. The four graduate programs in art conservation in North America:
1. University of Delaware and Winterthur Museum.
This site provides links to other conservation sites:
http://seurat.art.udel.edu/artconHP.html
2. State University of New York at Buffalo:
at Buffalo
3. Queen’s University at Kingston,Ontario, Canada:
at Kingston
4. Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts
at New York University:
at NY University

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