Description:
Within the last quarter century, a new and specialized literature has developed dealing with the application of science and technology to the related fields of art and archaeology. There are two main applications of this new approach. In the first place, applied science has broadened our whole knowledge of the origins, the fabrication, the chronology of materials, and the authenticity of works of art. Secondly, it has given us a new understanding of the stability of materials and structures, and in turn it has developed improved methods for conserving and preserving our cultural holdings. This literature, even knowledge of its existence, will benefit scholars in the field of art and archaeology, curators, conservators, museum administrators, and all who work professionally with objects of the past and art creations of the present.
