4th International CongressChemistry for Cultural

4th International Congress Chemistry for Cultural Heritage • Brussels, July 6-8, 2016
DAY 0 5 July 2016 Tuesday
16:00-18:00
Pre-registration and welcome drink at KIK-IRPA
DAY 1
6 July 2016 Wednesday
08:00
Registration
Opening:
09:00
Welcome addresses:
Christina Ceulemans, Director of KIK-IRPA
Kristin Bartik, President of Scientific Committee of KIK-IRPA
Rocco Mazzeo, President of WP ChemCH in EuCheMS
Nineta Majcen / David Cole-Hamilton, President of EuCheMS
Koen Janssens, University of Antwerp
Morning session: Imaging techniques
Chairpersons: Koen Janssens, Kristin Bartik
09:30
Michel Menu, Multispectral and multi-scale analyses of Leonardo’s painting (plenary lecture)
10:00
Geert Van der Snickt, Revealing Van Eyck’s original paint layers on the Ghent Altarpiece by combined MA-XRF scanning and SEM-EDX analysis (keynote lecture)
10:30
John Delaney, A novel macro-scanning imaging spectrometer system for collection of multi-modal image ubes of paintings and drawings
10:50
Elodie Herens, Insight on Van Dongen’s La violoniste by hyperspectral imaging and MA-XRF
11:10-11:40 Coffee break
11:40
Fabien Pottier, Chemical mapping of gypsum and palygorskite on a 16th-century. Aztec manuscript through spectral decomposition of NIR hyperspectral images
12:00 Roberto Alberti, "Crono": Reconfigurable macro-XRF scanner for cultural heritage applications
12:20
Francesca Piqué, Technical examination of 14th-century wall paintings at Germolles, the palace of the Duke of Bourgogne, France
12:40-14:00
Lunch break
Afternoon session: Alteration of pigments
Chairpersons: Marika Spring, Heike Stege
14:00
Barbara Berrie, Change is permanent: thoughts on colour in cultural heritage (plenary lecture)
14:30
Katrien Keune, The degradation of ultramarine paints: a catalytic process? (keynote lecture)
15:00
Laura Cartechini, Evidence and characterization of chemical changes in oil paints containing copper-based green pigments by FTIR spectroscopy
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15:20-15:50 Coffee break
15:50
Marc Vermeulen, Influence of the binding medium on arsenic sulfide pigments’ degradation investigated by spectroscopic and electrochemical techniques
16:10
Victor Gonzalez, Probing the history of lead white pigments by their luminescence properties
16:30-19:00
Poster session 1 Chairpersons: Kim Simonsen, Brenda Keneghan
16:30
17:30
Flash presentation for posters
Poster exhibition at KIK-IRPA
DAY 2
7 July 2016 Thursday
Morning session: Chemistry for conservation treatments
Chairpersons: Manfred Schreiner, Geert Van der Snickt
09:30
10:00
10:30
10:50
David Cole-Hamilton, Messages from the deep; supercritical drying of
waterlogged archaeological wood (plenary lecture)
Letizia Monico, Understanding of chemical factors influencing the stability of lead chromate and cadmium sulfide pigments for the optimization/development of effective conservation strategies of 19th-20th-century paintings (keynote lecture)
Isabelle Fabre-Francke, Development of a multifunctional polysiloxane based conservation treatment for brittle paper: The application to aged newsprint
Francesca Gherardi, Commercial vs innovative treatments for stone conservation. On-site performance evaluation at the Monza Cathedral
11:10-11:40 Coffee break
11:40
Rosie Grayburn, Coatings for metal: protecting outdoor bronze sculpture12:00
Emily McHale, In situ preparation of lignin-like oligomers for the consolidation of waterlogged archaeological wood
12:20
Giorgia Sciutto, A green approach to art conservation: biopolymer-based organogels for the cleaning of paintings
12:40-14:00
Lunch break
Afternoon session: Integrated study of European paintings
Chairpersons: Rocco Mazzeo, Michel Menu
14:00
Marika Spring, Studying the materials of Netherlandish paintings from the
fifteenth and sixteenth centuries: current knowledge, approaches and interpretation (plenary lecture)
14:30
Heike Stege, Typisch deutsch? Material studies on German paintings from the 15th and 16th-century (keynote lecture)
15:00
Corina Rogge, Paint never behaves the same: analysis of four works by Franz Kline
15:20-15:50 Coffee-break
15:50
16:10 Barbara Łydżba-Kopczyńska, Scientific examination of a new discovered painting of Hieronymus Bosch - Old Netherlands masterpiece or forgery?
Annelies Van Loon, A new pigment in Rembrandt’s palette
16:30 – 19:00
Poster session 2
Chairpersons: Yvonne Fors, Oliver Hahn
16:30
17:00
Flash presentation for posters
Poster exhibition at KIK-IRPA
19:30
Conference dinner: L’Atelier restaurant
DAY 3
8 July 2016 Friday
Morning session: Organic materials and molecular analysis
Chairpersons: Barbara Berrie, Katrien Keune
09:00
Rocco Mazzeo, An advanced surface-enhanced active thin layer chromatography plate for the identification of organic dyes by FTIR and Raman microscopy
(plenary lecture)
09:30
Costanza Miliani, Taking molecular spectroscopies from lab to the museum: study of Jackson Pollock’s palette in Alchemy (1947) by non invasive methods (keynote lecture)
10:00
Tomasz Sawoszczuk, React on time! Application of SPME-GC-MS techniques for an early detection of active moulds on woollen historical objects
10:20
Ilaria Bonaduce, An investigation of the curing of urushi and tung oil films by thermo-analytical and mass spectrometric techniques
10:40-11:10 Coffee-break
11:10
Ilaria Degano, HPLC-DAD and HPLC-ESI-Q-ToF characterisation of early
20th-century lakes and pigments from Lefranc archives
11:30 Katherine Curran, Using solid-phase micro-extraction gas chromatography mass spectrometry (SPME-GC/MS) and fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy for the analysis of modern polymeric materials in historic collections: a case study of handbags in the Museum of London
11:50
Adeline Royaux, Study of plasticizers, loss and exudation in plasticized polyvinylchloride-based heritage objects
12:10-13:30
Lunch break
Afternoon session: Archeometry (glass, ceramics, metals)
Chairpersons: Costanza Miliani, David Strivay
13:30
Manfred Schreiner, Archeometry – the interdisciplinary cooperation between archeology and natural sciences (plenary lecture)
14:00
Oliver Hahn, Non-destructive testing in arts and archaeology (keynote lecture)
14:30
Line van Wersch, Multiscale study of the Carolingian mosaic of Germigny-des-Prés (Loiret, Fr.)
14:50
Caitlin McQueen, X-ray diffraction and spectroscopic methods for identification of inorganic compounds in wooden artefacts from the Viking Age
15:10
Sebastian Godts, Chemistry in the conservation of building materials. From historic animal barn to contemporary kitchen, limits of salts
15:30-16:00 Coffee-break
Closing
16:00
Poster awards and final remarks
L’Atelier
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KIK-IRPA
Pre-registration and welcome reception at KIK-IRPA
Poster sessions 1 and 2
Koninklijk Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium (KIK), Jubelpark 1, be-1000 Brussel
Institut royal du Patrimoine artistique (IRPA), parc du Cinquantenaire 1, be-1000 Bruxelles
www.kikirpa.be
L’Atelier restaurant Conference dinner
Franklinstraat 28, be-1000 Brussel
Rue Franklin 28, be-1000 Bruxelles
http://www.atelier-euro.be
KMKG-MRAH
Registration + Congress
Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis (KMKG), Jubelpark 10, be-1000 Brussel
Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire (MRAH), parc du Cinquantenaire 10, be-1000 Bruxelles
DAY 4
9 July 2016 Saturday
Extra-conference activity (optional)
Guided tour of the Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Museum of Fine Arts) and the St Bavo’s Cathedral in Ghent.
Theme: Study and conservation-restoration of van Eyck’s Ghent altarpiece