The Conservation of Late Icons, New Valamo 1998
New Valamo 2-6 June 1997 St. Petersburg 7-11 June 1997
Helsinki 12-13 June 1997 Crete 20-24 October 1997
The Valamo Art Conservation Institute
EDITORS Nina Jolkkonen Auli Martiskainen Petter Martiskainen Helena Nikkanen
LAYOUT Petter Martiskainen
REVISION OF THE ENGLISH TEXT Henry Fullenwider
PUBLISHED BY The Valamo Art Conservation Institute, The Valamo Lay Academy
Copyright ©1998 The Valamo Art Conservation Institute
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ISBN 951-97952-0-0
CONTENTS..................4
OPENING GREETINGS FROM THE FINNIN5H ORTHODOX CHURCH
Bishop Panleleimon................... 7
INTRODUCTION
Helena Nikkanen.........................8
WELCOMING REMARKS
Hannu Pöyhönen......................11
THE ICON IN THE CHURCH AND IN THE MUSEUM A THEOLOGICAL AND PRACTICAL POINT OF VIEW
Reverend Rauno Pietarinen.....................12
THE NEW COLLOCATION OF "MADONNA DELLA CLEMENZA" IN THE ROMAN CHURCH OF S. MARIA IN TRASTEVERE
Gabriella Serangeli.....................16
EXPERTISE REPLACES TRADITION
Kari Kotkavaara ............................21
TRADITIONAL WOOD TECHNOLOGY AND PROBLEMS RELATING TO WOODEN SUPPORTS
Amalia Papadopoulou ...................31
THE CONSTRUCTION OF WOODEN PANELS OF ICONS DEFECTS. PROBLEMS OP SUCH STRUCTURES AND THEIR TREATMENTS IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND TODAY
Stergios Siassinopoulos ......................41
THE CONSERVATION OF A LATE ICON FROM OLD VALAMO
Nina Jolkkonen...................................53
STUDY AND RESTORATION OF A MELKITE ODIGITRIA ICON
Nicole S. Delsaux..............................67
SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT X-RAY EXAMINATION OF ICONS
Petter Martiskainen...........................73
CASES OF DAMAGE TO THE GROUND AND PAINT LAYERS OF ICONS. PRESENTATION OF THEIR CONSERVATION, TREATMENT AND RESTORATION
Kalypso Milanou.............................81
FINAL PRESENTATION OF ICONS AND PROBLEMS CAUSED BY EARLIER INTERVENTIONS
Thalia Papageorgiou.....................97
ICONS FROM THE CYCLADES AND THEIR CONSERVATION PROBLEMS
Penelope Mavroudis ..................107
SEPARATION AND TRANSPORTATION OF A SUBSEQUENTLY PAINTED LAYER ON AN 18TH-CENTURY ICON IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM AT BELGRADE
Gordana Milic...............................117
THE STATUS OF ICON CONSERVATION IN FINLAND TODAY......128
Helena Nikkanen .........................130
THE ICON MUSEUM IN FRANKFURT. CASE STUDIES
Alexandra Bersch........................133
An introduction to wood panel paintings in the Finnish National gallery
Tuulikki Kilpinen.......................140
THE USE OF GLUE IN THE CONSERVATION OF THE GROUND: SHADOWS OF THE PRACTISE
Yuri Bobrov..............................143
THE PARTICULAR CONSERVATION PROBLEMS OF THE CYCLADIC ICONS AND SOME RESTORATION METHODS ADAPTED TO THOSE CONDITIONS
Mihalis Mihailidis.....................149
A LATE GREEK ICON FROM THALAMAI IN THE MARI, GREECE
Birte Branner............................155
PROBLEMS WITH PANEL PAINTINGS
Anthony Reeve.........................166
PANEL SUPPORT AND ITS PROBLEMS
Maija Santala.............................177
THE CONSERVATION WORK ON THE MICHAEL DAMASKINOS ICONS IN THE SAINT CATHERINE SINAITON COLLECTION IN HERAKLION
Takis Moshos..............................187
THE CONSERVATION OF ICON WOOD PANELS
Dmitrij Mironenko.....................193
METHODOLOGIES FOP CONSERVATION WORK ON ICONS IN ITALY
Rita Ciardi.................................201
PRESENTATION OF A PRIVATE WORKSHOP'S FUNCTION AND A RECENTLY DEVELOPED WOOD DESINFECTIGN METHOD. PRACTICED IN THE WORKSHOP
Kiriaki Tsesmeloglou, Catherine Ruel................209
TWO TRADITIONAL METHODS OF GILDING IN ICON PAINTING
Dmitrij Mironenko.................213
LATE ICONS AND CONTEMPORARY APT IN RUSSIA 1700-1914
Yuri Bobrov...........................215
PARTICIPANTS....................218