Dear Colleagues,
1. Please find below details of the pre-publication discount on Archetype’s upcoming title ‘Iron and Steel: Corrosion, Colourants, Conservation’ by David A. Scott and Gerhard Eggert due at the end of June 2009. Please note this discount price of GBP45.00 (regular introductory price GBP55.00) applies until June 30th 2009. Offer applies to orders made to this London office by credit card only.
2. If you would like a pdf copy of the June ABC Catalogue which is available now please email us on info@archetype.co.uk .
3. A list of other forthcoming Archetype titles in 2009 can be seen below.
Iron and Steel in Art
Corrosion, Colorants, Conservation
by David A. Scott and Gerhard Eggert
This book will be of interest to all who seek to further their understanding of iron artefacts, their corrosion, conservation, and pigments based on iron compounds, which mankind has used for millennia. The authors take the reader through some of the latest observations on the occurrence and role of compounds of iron – from the hot water undersea vents where iron pyrites is thought to be vital to the emergence of life on Earth to the discovery of jarosite on the surface of Mars (possibly) indicating the occurrence of water, to the pyrophoric surprises one can have when dealing with iron artefacts
taken from beneath the sea; the use of a blue oxide of iron as a pigment in medieval wall paintings; rusticles on the Titanic to the analysis of colouring matter on the Turin shroud.
The great variety of iron compounds are examined (from the simple oxides to the exotic green rusts, from Prussian blue to yellow jarosites), corrosion of iron in different environments is discussed and a critical review of the many attempts to conserve iron presented. This volume should serve as a useful textbook on the subject for many years.
David Scott is Professor in Art History and in the Inter-Departmental Programme for Archaeological and Ethnographic Conservation, UCLA, California, USA
Gerhard Eggert is Professor for Objects’ Conservation Staatliche at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart, Germany
ISBN: 1904982050 Introductory Price £55.00
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3. Other forthcoming Archetype publications in 2009 include:
Conservation Legacies of the Florence Flood [due August 2009]
Holding It All Together: Ancient & Modern Approaches to Joining, Repair and Consolidation [due August 2009]
Scientific Research on Asian Ceramics [due end August 2009]
Metallurgy and Civilisation [due early September]
Architectural Finishes in the Built Environment [due mid September 2009]
Art, Conservation and Authenticities [due November 2009]
British Museum Technical Research Bulletin [due December 2009]
Trade in Artists’ Materials: Markets and Commerce in Europe to 1700 [due December 2009]
Mixing and Matching: Approaches to Retouching Paintings [due December 2009]
Details of these titles will be found at www.archetype.co.uk
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James Black
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