As an artist sculpts, paints, sketches, or does any other variation of art, it is unlikely for one to consider any methods of long-term preservation within their artwork. There are a number of different conditions that could affect these objects causing it to decay or deteriorate. That is where the job of a conservator comes into play. A conservator is a person who is responsible for the repair and preservation of works of arts, buildings, or any other things of cultural or environmental interest. Chemistry and art have always been linked ever since cavemen drew or painted on walls. Conservators must help to preserve these cherished pieces of history from the natural decay that occurs over long periods of time. To attain a conservation career, you must achieve a masters degree in conservation or a closely related field with …show more content…
Their average annual income of museum technicians and conservators was $37,310 in 2010 and in the federal government museums; they make an average of $38,790 yearly. Luckily the public interest in art, history, technology, and science will help to provide jobs to people whom have chosen these types of careers. Curators, museum technicians, chemists, material chemists, and conservators have a pretty important job. Choosing a job where the world's history and preservation is in your hands is a lot of pressure to take on. Conservators must work with objects that are irreplaceable. Many of which that are very old and fragile. They are often confronted with finding a median between restoring or repairing and object and leaving it in its old historic condition to convey a sense of authenticity and relic. While chemists test samples of their possible preservation treatments, they often use small bits of the artwork to avoid excessive damage to the object or use nondestructive testing. Art authenticators and conservators must be extremely meticulous due to the great value and rarity of the objects they work
Chemists are the specialists in chemistry, that interact with chemical properties, and reactions. The earth is made up of different gases. Some of this gases are needed for life in the planet but other gases can be harmful to the living. Gas’s use in regular quantities are favorable to the earth. The world started to become more advance and had to use more of this gases to produce everyday objects and inventions by men. Little did we knew this chemicals we going to affect us in our life. Chemist Jose Mario Molina actually discovered that chlorofluorocarbons were affecting the ozone layer.
Salutary neglect enabled the colonists to do many actions that many other English territories were not allowed, and one of these actions included making distinctive legislative assemblies.
1. The Salutary neglect or sometimes referred to as the “beneficial neglect” was a period of time that England neglected the colonies as a result of their preoccupation with multiple wars with France. During this time England experienced changes in their regime and weren’t consistent in keeping their colonial affairs in order. The reason this is referred to as the “salutary” neglect is because it benefited the colonies in many ways but most importantly by forcing them to practice governing themselves.
According to Tocqueville in aristocratic times the purpose of creating the arts was to produce the best artwork spending a great amount of time on it perfecting it and selling it for a high price. However, in today’s society the way to get rich is to sell your artwork for a cheaper price by manufacturing more quantity but with cheaper materials less in value, reproducing the artwork quicker and cheaper. Today all ranks of people can afford to buy a replicated artwork, which can easily be mistaken for the real thing. They are so highly perfected it is hard to tell apart what is original and what is not. They are many artistes today however; the quality of the production has
Recently the major countries that were part of WWII are starting to try and push for museums to send back the stolen art to their rightful owners. With the millions of pieces that were stolen during WWII the number of pieces that have not been returned to its heirs is well over 100,000 pieces of art and most of them are currently missing.("Nazi Plunder," n.d.) To help return stolen art, museums search through all of their art to check if any of it was stolen during WWII. Currently though the progress has stopped for returning stolen artwork back to its rightful heirs, because the museums are refusing to give back some of the more major pieces of art. Also the lack of knowing who the art truly belongs to is also slowing down the
Imagine you’re living in ancient Pompeii when all of a sudden, the ground begins to rumble, and the sky turns black. Mount Vesuvius is erupting! After thousands of people died, and their homes and paintings were destroyed, there was one remaining form of art that survived, the Roman Fresco. The key to it’s survival is that the art is in the walls! When people discovered that the Frescoes were unharmed, they were shocked! The frescoes were painted as soon as the walls were created and the plaster was put on. As the plaster began to harden and dry, they painted the design on the wall. The paint mixed with the plaster, and as long as the wall was up, the art was there.
Picture blind or deaf not knowing where you’re walking. Not knowing when a baby cries or a smoke alarm rings. But then picture having a helping companion like a dog to help you, so you can have an idea of where you are going, or a mini hose to help you build up your muscles. But they’re not the only helpers, for example a capuchin monkey they are very intelligent so they can do many things for you. As you can see my opinion is that, we should allow other animals in public spaces like, capuchin monkeys or even a snake. My first reason why we should allow more animals are that there are many things that other animals can do to help that others can’t, for example a capuchin monkey has thumbs so it can pick up tools and other things, but unlike the capuchin monkey a dog or a mini horse do not possess that ability because they don't have thumbs. My second reason why we should allow more animals is that many people have allergies and can be allergic to horses or dogs but snakes
As someone pursuing an undergraduate degree in history, historic preservation would be a very complimentary career choice. Although there is a plethora of other career choices, such as a researcher, intelligence analyst, lawyer, advertising executive, information manager or business person, to name a few, historic preservation allows a direct and hands-on
I have always been inspired by the workings of chemistry and mathematics. My studies of these subjects have developed my understanding and have made me pursue my interest in these two topics. I want to take up chemistry as it involves a large amount of mathematics which I value and understand to be challenging, yet very enjoyable, as there is always an alternative route to obtain the answer. Additionally, I am drawn to the course because it is a mixture of all these exacting subjects, forming a degree that is very demanding and stimulating. Chemists are constantly thinking of new ways to produce viable drugs containing different isomers to improve the pharmaceutical sector using mathematical equations. Chemistry is about innovation, applying information to new areas and how to do things better than they were before, the degree appeals to and fascinates me.
Though, pottery and photography are magnificent art forms and should not be degraded in any sense, they both hold process ' that is mandatory in order to produce these art forms. Painting and sculpting, on the other hand, do not always require a particular or sometimes any process at all. For example, in order to make any form of pottery sustainable it has to go through a firing process. This is an important process that cannot be skipped or it will not serve a proper function. In addition, it will be doomed for disaster at any touch of water. With film photography, it has to go through a chemical process. This is a repetitive process and doing it incorrectly or overlooking a step can lead to a damaged roll of film. Even in digital photography a printing process is needed. In order to maintain a suitable print, there is a process on providing the right contrast, size, format,
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “The median annual wage for anthropologists and archeologists was $63,190 in May 2016” (“Summary”).
To begin this discussion, it is crucial to understand what exactly art conservation and restoration is and what it entails. Art Conservation/Restoration can be defined as an array of professions dedicated to “approaching every painting (or artwork) conservatively in that only what needs attention is addressed and nothing excessive is ever performed, all of the materials used are modern…” . This is the process of careful examination, documentation, and attention and treatment of a weakening art object due to age, neglect, and utilization. These objects can range from paintings to architecture to any number of things.
According to the Smithsonian Institution, Restoration aims to repair loss paintings may have suffered, such as: paint chipping, weakened canvases, tears, water damage, fire damage, and insect damage. In this process, the restorer does not aim to replace or cover up the original work with something better, but to “stabilize the remaining original artwork and integrate any repairs in order to preserve the artist's original intent.” (Smithsonian)* * Despite conservators not having the intention to the message portrayed by a painting by cleaning it, many art critics still find issue with this practice; one painting cleaning in particular sparked much controversy throughout the art community, Leonardo Da Vinci’s “The Virgin and Child with St. Anne”. **The classic painting was cleaned of its discolored varnish that left the image of the work to darken throughout the years.
Though many people fail to realize it, chemistry is a subject essential to everyday life, due to the fact that it is the branch of science that deals with the identification of the substances of which matter is composed. But what we must understand is that everything in the universe is composed of matter, hence chemistry is necessary in learning more about the world and universe that we live in. There are many careers and fields affiliated with chemistry that people pursue to learn more about the composition of the universe, but for now, let us examine the logistics of three of these careers. These three careers involving chemistry are geochemistry, environmental chemistry, and chemical engineering.
Throughout my school career I have always loved chemistry. In Chemistry there was always a sense that there was more, there was always something new and exciting to be discovered and theories to be proven (or even disproven). Chemistry was the main subject with a real practical aspect to it during school and it is this, along with my genuine fascination with the subject, which fuels my desire to study it further.