Seminar Programs
The Art Institute of Chicago/ Northwestern University
Seminar Series on Conservation Science
"Analytical Methods for Metallic Artifacts"
January 18, 2005
11:00 am Welcome
Francesca Casadio, Mellon Conservation Scientist at the Art Institute of Chicago11:15 am Non-destructive Analysis Techniques in Archaeometallurgy
Brian Newbury, Archaeometallurgy Laboratory, Materials Science and Engineering Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA12:30 pm Lunch, James Allen Center,
Park Dining Room2:00 pm Emerging Microscopy Techniques: Answers Looking for Appropriate Questions
Vinayak Dravid, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Director, NUANCE, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL3:00 pm Coffee
Move to Lecture Room 3, Technological Institute
3:30 pm Bronze Production in Prehistory: Examples from the Old and the New Worlds
Heather Lechtman, Professor of Archaeology, and Director, Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Art Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University
Seminar Series on Conservation Science
” Color Science and Imaging in the Museum and Engineering fields”Thursday, March 17, 2005
Morton Auditorium, the Art Institute of Chicago2.30 – 3.00 Registration/ Coffee Morton Auditorium
3.00 - 3.10 Welcome – James Cuno, president and Eloise W. Martin director of the Art Institute of Chicago
3.10 - 3.15 Opening remarks - Francesca Casadio, A.W. Mellon Conservation Scientist, The Art Institute of Chicago
3.15- 4.15 Joseph T. Walsh, Jr. (Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University): “Optical Imaging in Medicine and Biology: A Paradigm for the Interrogation of Art?”
4.15- 4.45 Coffee break Outside Morton Auditorium
4.45- 5.45 Roy S.Berns (R. S. Hunter Professor in Color Science, Appearance, and Technology, Center for Imaging Science, Munsell Color Science Laboratory, Rochester Institute of Technology): “Rejuvenating the Appearance of Cultural Heritage Using Color and Imaging Science Techniques”
5.45 – 6.30 Gallery viewing of Georges Seurat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte – 1884 with closing remarks by Frank Zuccari, Executive Director of Conservation, The Art Institute of Chicago.
Art Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University
Seminar Series on Conservation Science
“ Archeometallurgy in Perspective: The Interpretation
of Ancient Chinese Bronzes at the
Crossroads between Art History and Technology”Thursday, June 2nd, 2005
Morton Auditorium, the Art Institute of Chicago9.00 - 9.15 Welcome
Harriet Stratis (Head of Paper Conservation, The Art Institute of Chicago)9.15- 10.15 Jay Xu (Pritzker Curator of Asian Art, The Art Institute of Chicago): “Common Technology, Opposite Approaches: Bronze Casting at Sanxingdui and Zhongyuan”
10.15- 10.45 Coffee break Outside Morton Auditorium
10.45- 11.10 Marcus L. Young (Mc Cormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University): “Synchrotron x-ray diffraction and imaging of ancient Chinese bronzes”
11.15– 12.15 David A. Scott (Professor in Art History and Archaeology, and Chair of the UCLA/Getty Program in Archaeological and Ethnographic Conservation ):“Aspects of Bronze Patinas”
12.30- 2.00 Lunch Break (Trustees Room)
2.00- 3.00 William A. Ellingson (Senior scientist, Energy Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory): “Recent Advances in X-ray Imaging Technology: Direct Digital, Volumetric Computed Tomography, --What Role in Archeomaterials?”
3.00- 3.30 Coffee break Outside Morton Auditorium
3.30– 4.30 W. Thomas Chase (President, The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works) “Authenticity and Technical Studies of Chinese Bronzes.”
4.30– 5.30 Discussion of selected Chinese bronzes in the museum’s galleries with Jay Xu and visit of the objects’ conservation laboratory, with discussion of X-rays of Chinese bronze vessels.
Art Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University
Seminar Series on Conservation Science
Ceramics and Glasses: New Methods for Old Problems
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Cook Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston Campus4:00 - 5:00 PM Pamela Vandiver, University of Arizona, "Rescuing Our Links to the Past: The Role of Materials Research in Heritage Conservation Science"
10:00 - 10:30 AM Registration/Coffee 2058 Cook Hall
10:30 - 10:35 AM Welcome
10:35 - 11:35 PM Laure Dussubieux, The Field Museum
"Elemental Analysis Using Laser Ablation – Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass Spectrometry: Application to the Study of Ancient Glass "
12:30 - 2:00 PM Richard Brow, University of Missouri, Rolla
"Looking at Glass Rather Than Through It"
12:45 - 2:15 PM Lunch, James Allen Center
Return to 2058 Cook Hall
2:30 - 3:30 PM David Seidman, Northwestern University
"Subnanoscale Chemical Analyses of Materials Employing 3-D Atom-Probe Tomography"
Department of Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium, Room L211, Technological Institute
Art Institute of Chicago/Northwestern University
Seminar Series on Conservation Science
“X-Ray and 3D imaging for medical applications and art investigation: is there a digital advantage?”
Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
Art Institute of Chicago9.00 - 9.15 Welcome Francesca Casadio
9.15- 10.15 Arno Bosse (Dir. Technology Comp. Svcs., Humanities, University of Chicago) and Lec Maj, "The Xiangtangshan Cave Project: 3D Digital Reconstruction and Recontextualization" (http://xiangtangshan.uchicago.edu/)
10.15- 10.45 Coffee break Outside Morton Auditorium
10.45- 11.10 Jack Tumblin (assistant professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department of Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science) Discovering Pentimenti in Paintings from 4D Reflectance and Merged Visualizations
11.15– 12.15 David Channin (Associate Professor, Head of imaging informatics Medical Director PACS, Northwestern University Medical School, Dept. of Radiology) "Digital Medical Imaging: A State of the Art"
12.15- 2.00 Lunch Break
2.00- 3.00 JP and William Pestle (The Field Museum, Chicago) “I can see through your skirt, I've got x-ray specs': opportunities and limitations of three-dimensional imaging using medical computed tomography, examples from the Field Museum”
3.00- 3.30 Coffee break Outside Morton Auditorium
3.30– 4.30 Tom Malzbender (Senior Research Scientist in the Mobile and Media Systems Lab within Hewlett-Packard Laboratories): “Reflectance Imaging: A Simple Approach to Capturing Surface Detail”
4.30– 5.00 Panel Discussion: Elizabeth Walmsley, Allison Langley, Robert Erdman
Seminar Series on Conservation Science
Photochemical Processes in Art and Other Standards
ITW Classroom (1-350)
Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Thursday, June 7, 2007
10:30 - 10:35 AM Welcome
10:35 - 11:35 AM Paul Whitmore, Carnegie Mellon University
Keynote Address: "Understanding and Managing Light-induced Changes to Artifacts"
11:35 - 12:35 PM Kimberly Gray, Northwestern University
"Probing the Effects of Light, Humidity and Acidity on the Deterioration of a Zinc Potassium Chromate Pigment"
12:45 - 2:00 PM Lunch Break
2:15 - 3:15 PM David Dumbleton, Atlas Material Testing Solutions LLC "Considerations in the Environmental Exposure Testing of Archival Materials"
3:15 - 4:15 PM Graham Swift, GS Polymer Consultants
"Environmentally Degradable Polymers and Plastics"
4:15 - 5:00 PM Optional tour of Materials Science and Engineering Facilities
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