Restoring Paintings | Parramon Foreign Rights | Grupo Norma

This book can be considered as the first illustrated book to explain the basic concepts of conservation and restoration of painting on canvas, showing the principal procedures of restoration and the criteria to be followed, as well as the most modern techniques and materials. It consists of a clear, enjoyable guidebook for those who wish to make a start in the field and a source of precise, up-to-date information for professionals, since it explains in depth how to successfully carry out the restoration of a specific type of work of art: painting on canvas. It is organized in six large chapters which correspond to the process necessary in order to restore a painting on canvas: conservation and restoration, the painting on canvas as an object, a comprehensive list of the necessary materials and tools, practical examples to illustrate different techniques and, finally, 5 step by step exercises. It provides the reader with the most up-to-date definitions of the profession of conservation –restoration and gives a systematic and orderly description of the procedures that should be followed from time the painting to be restored comes into the professional’s hands until it comes out of the workshop in perfect condition. The book contains a number boxes and explanatory tables, including the solvent triangle, to analyze what type of solvent is appropriate for a given type of paint or varnish. Each step by step exercise explains different types of damage to paintings and begins with the technical specifications of the work, describing the diagnosis of the condition of the painting and the work to be done on it.