Duplication of pictures on canvas

Duplication still remains the most common way to preserve paintings. The restoration literature usually gives basic information about duplication of painting on canvas and cardboard. The textbook introduces students to less well -known duplication options based on the principles of the domestic school of restoration, which are tested by time and received a high appreciation of the museum community. Their advantages are obvious: this is the use of natural adhesives and reversible materials, an individual approach to each monument, durability. The manual gives a brief classification of natural and synthetic adhesives, the advantages and disadvantages of adhesives are noted in relation to various types of duplication, information about duplication of paintings prone to shrinkage (the “subframe into the subpermine”), and paintings made in mixed technology (the so -called "method" method, are noted. Cold duplication ").
The publication is designed to expand the practical capabilities of students, to help in the diagnosis of destruction, in choosing the most justified and gentle duplication method. It can also be interesting to practicing restorers, teachers of the discipline "Restoration of easel painting", museum workers