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  1. Science and Fine Art (1996 Video)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 2000 sale: £25.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)

    A Royal Institution Discourse in which David Bomford of the National Gallery, London, examines the long tradition of applying scientific techniques to the study of works of art. He reviews past and present...

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  2. Physics and Fine Art (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Art; Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1999 sale: £10.00 (inclusive)

    Looks behind the scenes at the National Gallery, London, to show how physics helps the art world in attributing, interpreting and preserving works of art. Famous paintings by masters such as Rembrandt come...

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  3. Alchemy’s Rainbow: Pigment Science and the Art of Conservation (2014)

    Producer
    Mariel Carr
    Subject
    Art; Chemistry

    Audio podcast. Art conservator Mark F. Bockrath, and art historian Elisabeth Berry Drago, discuss and show the messy and occasionally dangerous process of making paints from pigments and the transition to...

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  4. Heritage Conservation (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Shows how local councils have applied legislation involving listed buildings, helping to preserve and maintain much of our cultural and architectural heritage. Examples show how Chichester, Leeds, Birmingham...

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  5. Treasures from the Past (1987 Video)

    Director
    Joe Seamans
    Subject
    Archaeology; Crafts
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min.

    Shows artists and crafts specialists preserving and restoring a Russian palace, a Dusenberg automobile, and turn-of-the-century carousel, the square-rigged ship Elissa, and a World War I Curtiss ‘Jenny’...

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  6. Timber Frame Repairs (2004)

    Subject
    Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £65.00

    This film on timber framing complements an earlier film which concentrated on the evolution, design and construction of traditional timber framed buildings. This film concentrates on their failure, repair...

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  7. Restoration of a Painting, The (1976 Film, Video)

    Director
    Peter H Coltman
    Producer
    Peter H Coltman
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows some of the basic processes used in cleaning and restoring oil paintings on canvas. About the methods of Harry Woolford, who recently retired from the post of chief restorer to the National Galleries...

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