All Manner of Murals
History, Techniques and Conservation of Secular Wall Paintings
Edited by Robert Gowing and Robyn Pender

ISBN: 1-904982-11-1• $80 • Hardcover • 2007

Terrifying beasts, imaginary landscapes, portraits and ornaments – All Manner of Murals (papers presented during a series of symposia dedicated to the history, techniques and conservation of British secular wall paintings) celebrates the many ways we have decorated our day-to-day lives with wall paintings.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
Designating the domestic – mural paintings and the heritage protection review Roger Bowdler (Head of Territory Designation, Heritage Protection, English Heritage)

SECTION 1: History, development and care of secular wall paintings
Elusive Sources for Renaissance wall paintings
Anthony Wells-Cole
Was there a Guise Palace in Edinburgh?
Michael Bath
Secular wall paintings in the Welsh Marches
Kathryn Davies
Pattern and colour in late 16th- and 17th-century secular wall and panel paintings in Suffolk: an overview
Andrea Kirkham
The art of the housepainter: vernacular mural decoration c.1650-1841
James Ayres
Painted Kings and painted Gods (Continental copy or English Inspiration? The painted Baroque interior)
Giles Worsley
‘The negligence of men’ - Restoration techniques and the altered appearance of Baroque wall paintings
Jane Davies
Mural paintings within the Historic Royal Palaces: our approach to their continuous care
Kate Frame / Sophie Julien-Lees
Changing rooms: changes in use and their impact on wall painting conservation
Tom Organ
Image and identity in mural painting in British public buildings, 1840-1940
Clare Willsdon
Contemporary mural painting – trends and traditions
Ernestine McKay

PART 2: Conservation and Research Case Studies

The Catherine Room, Windsor Castle
Ann Ballantyne
16th-century wall paintings at the Forge, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire
Jane Rutherfoord
The public and private face of English Baroque wall painting: Milgate House and Chelsea Hospital
Caroline Babington / Richard Pelter
Bedfordshire's Baroque masterpiece: The Thomas Archer Pavilion at Wrest Park
Stephen Paine / Sophie Stewart
The rediscovery of the lost ceiling decorations in the Saloon at Burlington House
Pauline Plummer / Peter Schmitt
The treatment of the Entrance Hall at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge: changing approaches to the conservation of 19th-century polychromy
Tobit Curteis
Tracking historic attitudes towards wall painting conservation: Lord Leighton’s frescoes at the V&A
Robert Gowing
Rex Whistler: a comparative study of three decorative schemes
Marguerite O’Leary
More myth than mural: a study of the Hans Feibusch murals at South Civic Centre, Newport, South Wales
Kate Hunter / Elizabeth Holford

Unravelling Textiles
A Handbook for the Preservation of Textile Collections
Foekje Boersma with A. Brokerhof, S. van den Berg & J. Tegelaers

ISBN: 1-873132-64-7• $65 • Hardcover • 2007

This book sets out to present the basic information for the professional safekeeping of textile collections. Aimed at curators and owners of textile collections, collection management staff, conservators and students, the general thrust of the book has global relevance but much of the experience has been drawn from Northern Europe.

CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Materials - properties of fibres

Chapter 2 Degradation of textiles

Chapter 3 Atmosphere

Chapter 4 Light

Chapter 5 Insects and fungi in textile collections

Chapter 6 Storage

Chapter 7 Transportation

Chapter 8 Exhibition

Chapter 9 Conservation Materials

Chapter 10 Conservation and restoration

Chapter 11 Documentation

Chapter 12 Collection management

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Mural Paintings of the Silk Road
Cultural Exchanges between East and West
Edited by Kazuya Yamauchi, Yoko Taniguchi and Tomoko Uno

ISBN: 1-904982-22-7• $75 • Hardcover • 2007

This collection of papers examines the range of information (art styles, techniques and materials) encapsulated within mural paintings, allowing the reader a glimpse of the dynamism inherent in the cultural exchanges between East and West. Today, parts of the Silk Road, rich in the magnificence of the ancient arts they possess, are often located in countries facing major challenges. Countless important archaeological sites are in danger of demolition or severe damage by human encroachment or turmoil. This volume is published in association with the Japan Center for International Cooperation in Conservation, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo, contains the proceedings of the 29th Annual International Symposium on the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo, January 2006.

CONTENTS

Part I Art, History and Cultural Exchange of the Mural Paintings

Mural painting in Transcaucasia David Park
The 7th century AD ‘Ambadassors’ painting’ at Samarkand Frantz Grenet
Mural paintings along the Silk Road Maeda Kosaku
Indian influence on mural paintings in Central Asia Akira Miyaji
Buddhist mural paintings in China Ken Okada
Ancient painted tumuli in China Donohashi Akio
Chinese and Central Asian connection in Koguryo mural paintings Kim Lena
14C dating and art historical studies in Central Asian mural paintings Shumpei Iwai
Japanese Mural Painting Watanabe Akiyoshi
Discussion: Day 1 Aspects of cultural contact: diffusion, acculturation and creation. Moderators: Katsumi Tanabe and Frantz Grenet

Part II Influence on Painting Techniques and Materials

Impact of the introduction of Buddhism on pigments used in mural paintings in Japan Kuchitsu Nobuaki
Intercultural links and trade of painting materials in the Greco-Roman period Ioanna Kakoulli
The scientific study of binding media and pigments of mural paintings from Central Asia Alexander Kossolapov and Kamilla Kalinina
Displaced cultural properties: a non-invasive study on mural painting fragments from Bamiyan Motomitsu Momii and Hiromitsu Seki
Painting techniques and materials of cave mural paintings in India and their conservation problems R.K. Sharma
Investigations on the conservation of wall paintings in western China Ma Tao
Summary of painting materials and technologies of the Mogao Grottoes Wang Xudong
Discussion: Day 2 Painting materials and techniques of the mural paintings along the Silk Road
Moderators: Kosaku Maeda and Ioanna Kakoulli

Part III Key Issues on the Conservation of the Mural Paintings along the Silk Road

Conservation of mural paintings of the Takamatsuzuka tumulus Sadatoshi Miura
The history and current situation of conservation of mural paintings in Japan Sadatoshi Miura
Conservation treatment of the mural paintings from Central Asia Kim Yeon Mi
The Bamiyan Buddhist mural paintings: conservation issues Yoko Taniguchi
Conservation and restoration of monumental painting from archaeological excavations Adelia Bliakher and Vera Fominvkh
Conservation of mural paintings in western China and the Mogao Grottoes Wang Xudong
Scientific examination of mural paintings of the Koguryo tombs R. Mazzeo, E. Joseph, S. Prati, V. Minguzzi, G. Grillini, P. Baraldi and D. Prandstraller
Issues in the conservation of mural paintings: past and present Sharon Cather
Discussion: Day 3Issues in the conservation of mural paintings. Moderators: Sharon Cather and Shigeo Aoki

Discussion: Day 4 Wall paintings of the Silk Road: their conservation and future issues. Moderator: Inaba Nobuko