This dissertation is an account of an internship in painting conservation
undertaken at the Auckland City Art Gallery during the period January to
August 1983. It has been divided into three parts with six associated
appendices.
Part one discusses the functions and facilities of the Conservation
Department. The functions being classed into two main categories, that
concerned with the Auckland City Art Gallery and that concerned with
National Conservation. The facilities of the Department are not only the
equipment and materials of the Conservation studios but the equipment and
design around the Gallery that facilitate the task of the conservators
whether it be through treatment or by preventative means. Part two
covers the programme of work carried out. As indicated in Part one, the
conservation department has many other functions apart from the treatment
of works of art, and as a member of the department during my internship, I
was involved in a number of these which are discussed in this section. This
includes packing, meetings and visits to other institutions.
Part three deals with the conservation treatments carried out. Section one
summarizes the methods and materials used, section two lists the works
treated in the order that they were begun, and section three covers the
condition and treatment reports for each work.
Finally, six appendices have been included which augment information in the
text such as a description of the present renovations to the Auckland City
Art Gallery and a brief history of conservation in New Zealand.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/219007 |
| Date | January 1983 |
| Creators | Hillary, Sarah Louise, n/a |
| Publisher | University of Canberra. Applied Science |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | ), Copyright Sarah Louise Hillary |
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