Conservation Science and Art Series Vol.1 Vilume 1: The Artefact – Revealing Secrets: Issues of Research

INTRODUCTION / 7

EVALUATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE / 9
Małgorzata Pronobis-Gajdzis / 10
A Conservator’s Reflection on Evaluation as a Pivotal Issue of Cultural Heritage Protection: History, Methodology, Contemporary Perspective

PAINTING / 29
Justyna Olszewska-Świetlik / 30
Painting Technology and Techniques in Selected Icons Attributed to the Rybotycze School from the Collection of the National Museum of the Przemyśl Land
Gaja Gąsecka, Justyna Olszewska-Świetlik, Maria Gołąb / 60
The History, Techniques and Technology of Two Paintings by Marcello Bacciarelli (1731–1818) Entitled Portrait of Konstancja and Stanisław Poniatowski and Portrait of Bacciarelli’s Granddaughter from the Collection of the National Museum in Poznań
Magdalena Sitkiewicz / 90
Paintings by Konrad Krzyżanowski from the Museum of Opole Silesia in Opole: Technological and Technical Issues
Kinga Szczepińska, Teresa Łękawa-Wysłouch / 116
Gothic Wall Paintings in the East Part of the South Wall in the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist in Kwidzyn: Verification of Their Presence and State of Preservation

CONTEMPORARY ART / 135
Mirosław Wachowiak / 136
Nursing, Arrangement, Care? Some Issues of the Broadened Fields of Activity of Conservators of Contemporary Art
Sławomir A. Kamiński, Anna Cecylia Brzóstowicz / 156
A Painting Conservator in the Land of Fakturowce: Selected Conservation Issues Regarding the Body of Work of Bronisław Kierzkowski

SCULPTURE, METAL AND CERAMIC ARTEFACTS, FURNITURE / 177
Aleksandra Jaros, Aleksandra Gralińska-Grubecka / 178
Technological Research and Conservation-Restoration of a Chinese Bodhisattva Sculpture Made of Polychromed Sun-Dried Clay (11th/12th C.)
Paula Śwituszak, Alina Tomaszewska-Szewczyk, Szymon Żywica / 196
Conservation of Draper Astrograph
Ewa Porzyć, Aleksandra Gralińska-Grubecka / 212
Research and Conservation-Restoration of a 19th Century Boulle Cabinet

TEXTILE