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THE SCIENCE OF ART MATERIALS

                                                                                                              CHEM 1135

WEEK LECTURE LABORATORY

                                1 Historic view
Heterogeneity of the painting materials The chemistry of color (videotape)
Using the resources (ASTM) - in the library

                                2 Chemical bonds
Polymers. Aging of a film Polymers. Physical properties. Copolymerization.

                                3               Solvents and liquefying agents. Solvating power.
Toxicity, flammability, explosivity.
Water Preparation of solvents. Fractional distillation. Characterization of the fractions

                                4 Pigments. Historic view.
Inorganic and organic pigments. Color. The constituents colors of light.
Additive mixing. Subtractive mixing.

                                5 Optical phenomena in painting.
Light. Absorption and wavelength. Spectrophotometric experiment

                                6                         The painting: a dispersion controlled by surface phenomena
Binders: a colloidal disperse state Preparation of egg tempera

                               7 Physical phenomena in painting
Painting a rheologic act.
Siccatives The physics of encaustic painting

                               8 Care and conservation of paintings
About varnishes Anatomy of a painting

                               9                    The technique and ethics of restoration Cleaning, recording, retouching
Test paper for restorer's diploma

                             10 Sculptor's materials
Technical aspects of graphic arts Etching

                             11                    Ceramisc, glasses and glazes Chemistry for potters

                             12 Art hazards
Pollution and art Polluition and marble
Pollution and metal artwork: silver and copper

                             13 Art forgeries and materials science Aging of a painting
Disappearing inks

                             14 Art forgeries and spectroscopic methods Presentation of the projects

WEEK	LECTURE	LABORATORY
1	Historic view Heterogeneity of the painting materials	The chemistry of color (videotape) Using the resources (ASTM) - in the library
2	Chemical bonds Polymers. Aging of a film	Polymers. Physical properties. Copolymerization.
3	Solvents and liquefying agents. Solvating power. Toxicity, flammability, explosivity. Water	Preparation of solvents. Fractional distillation. Characterization of the fractions
4	Pigments. Historic view. Inorganic and organic pigments.	Color. The constituents colors of light. Additive mixing. Subtractive mixing.
5	Optical phenomena in painting. Light. Absorption and wavelength.	Spectrophotometric experiment
6	The painting: a dispersion controlled by surface phenomena Binders: a colloidal disperse state	Preparation of egg tempera
7	Physical phenomena in painting Painting a rheologic act. Siccatives	The physics of encaustic painting
8	Care and conservation of paintings About varnishes	Anatomy of a painting
9	The technique and ethics of restoration	Cleaning, recording, retouching Test paper for restorer's diploma
10	Sculptor's materials Technical aspects of graphic arts	Etching
11	Ceramisc, glasses and glazes	Chemistry for potters
12	Art hazards Pollution and art	Polluition and marble Pollution and metal artwork: silver and copper
13	Art forgeries and materials science	Aging of a painting Disappearing inks
14	Art forgeries and spectroscopic methods	Presentation of the projects