The primary aim of the ATSR Working Group is to establish a focus for historical documentary source research and reconstructions on art materials and techniques. The idea is to have a group of specialists in this area who work closely with all relevant research projects.
Documentary source research is often an essential component of conservation research, or art historical research. Reconstructions, a natural follow-on from the collection of information on materials and their use, can form an invaluable tool.
The International Council of Museums Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC) have accorded ATSR working group status.
Objectives
The main objective of the ATSR working group is to encourage research into art technological sources on a professional basis. Further objectives are:
- to be a platform for the exchange and dissemination of information on the subject
- to systematize the tools and techniques for this type of research
- to know better the players and stakeholders in this field
- to cooperate in multidisciplinary projects
- to extend our international contacts
- to find feedback for our research
- to develop better possibilities for publishing research results
- to develop possibilities for research outside of the affiliated institutes
- to attract interns and visiting researchers to do research at the affiliated institutes
- to raise funding for related activities
For More Information
Read: A short introduction to Art Technological Source ResearchDownload a Bibliography of reference materials useful in the field of Art Technological Source Research
Contact: atsr@clericus.org
News
The next ICOM-CC ATSR Interim Meeting will be the 4th International Symposium: Vienna, 23-24 September 2010
The chief organizer will be Sigrid Eyb-Green, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien
Announcement and Call for papers
Printable versions:
Studying Old Master Paintings - Technology and Practice
The National Gallery Technical Bulletin 30th Anniversary Conference
The National Gallery London 16th - 18th September 2009
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ATSR Membership
Membership is free of charge to individuals, organisations, and institutions. Who belongs, and how to belong
ATSR Publications
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| Art of the Past - Sources and Reconstructions
London: Archetype 2005. ISBN: 1904982018 [Details] |
Art Technology : Sources and Methods
London: Archetype 2008. ISBN: 9781904982296 [Details] |
Sources and Serendipity: Testimonies of Artist's Practice (Postprints from the 2008 ATSR Glasgow conference.) Forthcoming, Archetype, 2009. [Details] |
ATSR Newsletters
- Newsletter Vol.1 No.1 (October 2005)
ATSR administration and policy
- Newsletter Vol.1 No.2 (October 2005 supplement)
New publications and events of interest
- Newsletter Vol.2 (2006) No.1 (June)
Minutes of Cambridge meeting
- Newsletter Vol.2 (2006) No.2 (October)
Minutes of Madrid business meeting
- Newsletter Vol.3 (2008) No.1 (July)
Minutes of Glasgow business meeting
