'Big Picture' --> Topic Ideas
"Big Picture" Questions help you find an area of interest on which to concentrate.
How is chemistry involved in my favorite type of art?
How has chemistry advanced the methods and/or materials used?
How do chemical reactions affect pieces of art over time?
How is chemistry used to conserve or restore works of art?
Encyclopedia --> Topic Ideas
Encyclopedia articles and websites can provide background and perspective as well as pique your interest in a topic. Encyclopedia articles are not appropriate as references for this paper but rather can be used to help with choosing a specific topic.
CAMEO: Conservation & Art Material
Encyclopedia Online
Grove Art Online
"Art conservation chemistry" in Access Science
Keeping the Artist Safe:
Hazards of Arts and Crafts Materials a web page from the National Library of
Medicine
"Chemistry
In Art" HYLE--International Journal for
Philosophy of Chemistry, Vol. 9, No.2 (2003), pp. 225-232
Fiber Art - Professor Margaret Merritt, Wellesley College Chemistry
Department
several articles Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 78 (Oct 2001)
"Paints'
Mysteries Challenge Protectors of Modern Art" Randy Kennedy New York
Times, Feb 14, 2007
Keywords --> Topic Ideas
These keywords may help to trigger your own ideas for a possible topic:
| charcoal | paint |
| color | papermaking |
| conservation | photography |
| counterfeiting | pigment |
| dye | preservation |
| etching | restoration |
| lithography | sculpture |
| metalworking | varnish |
Books --> Topic Ideas
Books on Reserve
We’ve placed several books for each subject on Reserve. Click the links below to see the Tables of Contents for inspiration. Then take a look at the book by taking the call number to the Reserves Desk in the lower level of Raynor where you can check it
out and browse through it. Scan the index for additional ideas.
Art in Chemistry, Chemistry in Art
Call Number: QD40 .G73 1998
Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color
Call Number: N7432.7 .B35 2002
Color Science in the Examination of Museum Objects: Nondestructive Procedures
Call Number: N8560 .J64 2001
Color: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Call Number: QC495 .Z65 1999
Modern Analytical Methods in Art and Archaeology
Call Number: N8558 .M63 2000
Synthetic Worlds: Nature, Art and the Chemical Industry
Call Number: N70 .L47 2005
Where to Search
For the types of journals that Dr. Ryan recommends for this assignment (journals such as Nature, Science, and Chemical & Engineering News), we suggest the following databases:
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