Academic thesis
Christine Frohnert: | Changes in Synthetic-Organic Polymers in Works of Art - Monitoring of Degradation Phenomena at the Instance of the Collection of Museum Ludwig, Cologne | back |
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Abstract: | This thesis sets focus on changes in synthetic-organic polymers in works of art, which have been closely examined during a monitoring of the collection of paintings and sculpture of Museum Ludwig, Cologne. The opening segment presents an introduction into the subject matter of synthetic-organic polymers and the mechanisms of their degradation. Following is a survey of the works of art in the collection of Museum Ludwig that contain relevant materials and a brief history of the use of polymers in works of art. The main part contains observations on the methods of a „condition survey“ or „monitoring“ and a closer examination of possibilities of definition and a quantifiable terminology of damage phenomena in polymers, thus creating tools for the systematic condition control of synthetic-organic polymers in works of art. |
Keywords: | synthetic-organic polymers, polymers, plastics, monitoring, survey |
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Christine Frohnert Bischofsgartenstr.1 Museum Ludwig 50667 Köln Deutschland frohnert@[Diesen Teil loeschen]museum-ludwig.de www.museum-ludwig.de |
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