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Conservation

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Setting a New Standard: One Woman’s Impact on Silver and Suffrage

Conservation

New Perspectives on the RISD Dainichi Buddha

Conservation Curator

3-D technology expands the ways of seeing and studying RISD Museum's 12th century Dainichi Buddha.

Digital Restoration of a 3rd-century Panel Painting of the God Heron

College Conservation Student Voices

In earlier decades, retouching (or “inpainting”) using reversible painting materials would have been employed where compositional elements were missing.

Ancient Panel Paintings: Examination, Analysis, and Research

Conservation

Examining and documenting four Fayum portraits as part of a larger study directed by the J. Paul Getty Museum

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Silver Lining

Conservation

All That Glitters

Recent Research into Golden Garments
Conservation

For conservators, fabrics incorporating metallic components raise complex questions about construction, materials, and manufacturing techniques, all of which impact how an object will be stabilized and displayed

Framing Art and the Art of the Frame

Conservation

Understanding historic frames and how to care for them can be a complicated matter.

The Care and Preservation of Art Composed of Plastic

Conservation Sustainability and the natural world

RISD Museum conservator Ingrid Neuman discusses the challenges in caring for objects made from this ubiquitous material

Buddha Commemorations

Conservation

There's always more to be discovered: Hidden in plain sight since the 11th century, two inscriptions were found during conservation of the Museum's Dainichi Buddha.

silver polishing with cotton

Tracing the Silver Seaweed

College Conservation Student Voices Sustainability and the natural world

Isabella McCormick (Brown/RISD 2015) explores the intricacies of the Gorham Narragansett Salad Set and their reflections on Rhode Island culture, insights gained from her meticulous cleaning of the utensils as part of her Mellon Summer Internship in conservation.

Sandstone Statue of Amenhotep

College Conservation

Cleaning an object can be as much about discovery as it is about removing accumulated dust and grime.

Drawing of Buddha

The Buddha Project: Documentation

Conservation

While the sixth-floor galleries are undergoing an extensive renovation, the Museum is carefully studying and conducting conservation work on the monumental 12th-century wooden Dainichi Nyorai Buddha. When the Buddha is returned to its gallery in late spring 2014, it will be stabilized and we'll know much more about the art that went into creating this nearly 10-foot-tall sculpture.

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