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Staging the Scene: Bart Ramakers’ exuberant dialogue with artistic heritage
Historical context of the genre of staged photography as performed by Belgian contemporary photographer Bart Ramaker
'Leave it or take it away': ethical considerations on the removal of overpainting: the case of the Ghent Altarpiece
During the current conservation of the Ghent Altarpiece, carried out by a team of KIK-IRPA, a large amount of old overpaint has been discovered. These are studied with a number of innovative analytical techniques. It is argued here that the introduction of these techniques allows for a re-evaluation of the conservation theoretical and ethical dimensions of coping with such phenomena
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