Suzana Polić
Central Institute for Conservation, Serbia
Title: Materials science and zeitgeist as a basis for the preservation and restoration of cultural heritage
Biography
Biography: Suzana Polić
Abstract
Modern conservation the restoration of art objects is followed by research in the field of material science. The application of diagnostic methods and reversible procedures in this field is a Zeitgeist scientific methodology, since the material of the original artwork, or a unique archaeological object, requires an exclusive approach. In this sense, the experimental works are performed on materials of the equivalent composition, with the inclusion of the chain of previous influences on objects of cultural heritage. In this paper the triangle is studied: material sciences, conservation and restoration and zeitgeist with a chain of previous influences. In this way, material science is viewed in the context of a multidisciplinary approach to heritage protection.