The Effect of the Refractive Index of a Varnish on the Appearance of Oil Paintings

Studies in Conservation

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 251-262

  Berns, Roy S ^a   De La Rie, E René ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESINS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VARNISH;

COLOR SATURATION; OIL PAINTINGS;

PAINTING;

EID: 1842481636     PISSN: 00393630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/sic.2003.48.4.251     Document Type: Article

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