Conservation and Painting Techniques of Wall Paintings on the Ancient Silk Road (Paperback)

Chap. 1 Aim and Background of This Book
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PART I Wall Paintings in Greece, Rome and Byzantine

Chap. 2 Universality and Diversity of Wall Paintings
Masaru Aoyagi, specially-appointed professor, Tokyo University of the Arts

Chap. 3 PXRF and FTIR Spectrometry Applied to the Study of Azurite and Smalt in Romanian Medieval Mural painting
Olimpia Barbu, the National History Museum of Rumania

Chap. 4 Wall Paintings of the Church in Balkans Area
Midori Hidaka, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan

PART II Wall Paintings in West Asia

Chap. 5 At the Western Edge of the Silk Road: Challenges of Conserving Unique Nabataean Wall Painting in Petra, Jordan
Stephen Rickerby, Private wall painting conservator, UK

Chap. 6 Deterioration and Conservation of Cappadocia Wall Painting
Murat Gulyaz, Nevsehir Museum, Turkey

Chap. 7 Techniques and Materials of Medieval Wall Painting in Cappadocia
Maria Andaloro, University of Tuscia, Italy

PART III Wall Paintings in South Asia and Central Asia --Diffusion of Buddhism Wall paintings--

Chap. 8 Deterioration and Conservation of Ajanta Wall Paintings
Deepak A. Gupta, Archaeological Survey of India

Chap. 9 Materials and Techniques of Ajanta Wall Paintings
Yoshiko Shimazu, National Museum of Japanese History

Chap. 10 Materials and Techniques of Polychromy of the Giant Buddha Statues in Bamiyan
Catharina Blaensdorf, Technische Universitaet Munich, Germany

Chap. 11 Materials and Techniques of Bamiyan Buddhist Wall Paintings
Yoko Taniguchi, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Chap. 12 Conservation of Displaced Wall Paintings --from Bamiyan to Mes Aynak--
Takayasu Kijima, Tokyo University of the Arts

Chap. 13 Deterioration and Conservation of Wall Paintings in Tajikistan
Bobomullo Bobomulloev, National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan

Chap. 14 Deterioration and Conservation of Uzbekistan Wall Paintings
Otabek Aripdjanov, Museum of History of Uzbekistan

PART IV Wall Paintings in Western Regions China --Reception of Buddhism Wall Paintings--

Chap. 15 Materials and Techniques of Kizil Wall Paintings
Zhou Zhibo, Kizil Institute, China

Chap. 16 Wall Painting Material Analysis and Restoration of Mogao Grottoes
Su Bomin, The Conservation Institute of Dunhuang Academy, China

Chap. 17 Coloring Techniques and Materials of Dunhuang Mogao Caves 285
Hiromi Takabayashi, Kyoto City University of Arts, Japan

PART V Wall Paintings in Eastern Asia

Chap. 18 Conservation Trends for Mural Paintings of Buddhist Temple in Korea
Hwa-soo Lee, Chungbuk National University, Korea

Chap. 19 Conservation for Plaster Based Wall Paintings of Tumulus in Japan
Noriko Hayakawa, Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Japan

PART VI Current Issues on the Conservation of Wall Paintings

Chap. 20 Rethinking our Models of Wall Painting Conservation: Are We Doing the Right Thing?
Stephen Rickerby, Private wall painting conservator, (Former researcher, Courtauld Institute of Art, UK)

Chap. 21 The Conservation and Usage of Dunhuang Wall Paintings
Su Bomin, The Conservation Institute of Dunhuang Academy, China

Chap. 22 Preservation and Utilization of Wall Paintings in Japan --Focusing on Takamatsuzuka Tomb and Kitora?
Shigemasa Udagawa, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan

Chap. 23 Conclusion --Issues and prospects of mural research?
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