ISSN:1350-0775    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0033.1994.tb01177.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:1350-0775    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0033.1994.tb01178.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Artefacts made from obsidian grace many a museum collection where they are frequently admired for their glass‐like beauty. However, under careful scientific study, they have revealed a wealth of information about prehistoric cultures and about the movement of early peoples across vast oceanic tracts. This article describes how the Lucas Heights Research Laboratories in Australia have pioneered obsidian research in co‐operation with the Australian Museum and other institutions. The laboratories, founded in the 1950s, are operated jointly by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organizat

ISSN:1350-0775    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0033.1994.tb01179.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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A new technique, which the authors call ‘emissiography’, peers into the heart of an artefact to reveal long‐hidden features and details that traditional X‐rays cann

ISSN:1350-0775    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0033.1994.tb01180.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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The Museum Support Center of the Smithsonian Institution is a state‐of‐the‐art research complex which applies the most advanced scientific methods to lay bare the history of works of an and archaeology and place them into a living co

ISSN:1350-0775    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0033.1994.tb01181.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

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True or false? Old or new? Artist X or Artist Y? These are but a few of the problems that art restorers and historians confront daily. To provide an answer to these questions, they now have at their disposal a broad range of scientific methods for analysing pigments and binding media.

ISSN:1350-0775    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0033.1994.tb01182.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

By probing into the secrets of a work of art or revealing hidden traces in ancient archaeological artefacts, the scientist has joined the historian in uncovering new meanings for many familiar museum objects. In France, the Research Laboratory of the Museums of France brings together the most up‐to‐date equipment and techniques with experienced art historians to shed light on the country's public collections, which are among the most important in the wo

ISSN:1350-0775    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0033.1994.tb01183.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The relationship between crafts and history tells us much about ancient patterns of technology transfer.

ISSN:1350-0775    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0033.1994.tb01184.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

On 18 November 1993, 200 years to the day after the creation of the Louvre Museum in Paris, the opening of the Richelieu wing was inaugurated by the President of the French Republic, François Mitterrand. More than a mere addition of exhibition space, the new wing amply demonstrates how an art museum can become in itself a work of art. Museum International was invited to tour the premises and is pleased to share its impressions with its readers

ISSN:1350-0775    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0033.1994.tb01185.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The Museum of the Institute of African Studies of the University of Ibadan (Nigeria) boasts a unique collection of metal sculpture of both archaeological and ethnographic importance.

ISSN:1350-0775    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-0033.1994.tb01186.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY