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making art technological sources accessible

clericus = Mark Clarke

Mark Clarke is an interdisciplinary researcher into historic artists' materials, especially paint, and in particular mediaeval paint. With a background in conservation and conservation science, he specialises in works of art as physical objects, or 'technical art history'. A particular interest is the materials and techniques of mediaeval European and Islamic manuscripts.

Working with the International Council of Museums (Conservation Committee) he co-founded the international working group on Art Technological Source Research. He is currently reseacrhing the early history of oil paint at the University of Amsterdam. He has made a particular study of artists' recipe books, and is preparing a new publication of the Liber diversarum arcium (Montpellier Manuscript H277).

He advises libraries and collections on book digitization, especially for rare and fragile manuscripts and similar material.

About Mark Clarke

   Research and Expertise
   Contact: mark@clericus.org

Publications by Mark Clarke

   On the analysis of historic paint, on artists' recipe books, and others

Artists' Recipe Books
The Montpellier Manuscript

    "Liber diversarum arcium", a 14th century painter's manual

Digitization

   Consultancy
Impact of Oil

   A history of oil painting in the Low Countries and its consequences for the visual arts, 1350-1550
Art Technological Source Research

   International Council of Museums, Conservation Committee, Working Group ATSR
Winsor & Newton Project

   Database of 19th century commercial paint recipes
The "Secretum Philosophorum"

   The English 'Dangerous Book for Boys' of c.1300: the seven liberal arts made mechanical

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Last updated 15 October 2009       Mark Clarke       http://www.clericus.org/index.htm