Conservation

Treating the Cosmic Man

Tue, 02/26/2019 - 09:15

This summer, in honor of the Carlos Museum’s centennial, a pop-up conservation experience in the John Howett Works on Paper Gallery will reveal one typically unseen aspect of museum work when visitors encounter conservators treating a Jain painting of a Cosmic Man.

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Au + Cu = Bling!

Wed, 01/30/2019 - 13:37

Emory University student Emily Farek investigated the ancient technique of gold granulation. She examined Carlos Museum objects and considered the chemistry that enables this process.

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Casting Intaglio Gems

Wed, 01/30/2019 - 13:30

The Carlos Museum houses an excellent collection of carved gems from throughout the ancient world. In antiquity, the carved surface would have been pressed into either wax or clay to transfer the image.

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3-D Prototyping

Wed, 01/30/2019 - 13:19

This slide presentation documents the use of 3-D prototyping to aid in the reconstruction of extensive losses in a black-figure ceramic plate.

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All the King's Horses

Wed, 01/30/2019 - 13:09

Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Conservator Kathryn Etre treated this pyxis (or lidded pot) from the Geometric Age in Greece for installation in the Greek and Roman Galleries at the Michael C Carlos Museum of Emory University.

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Beneath the Wrappings

Fri, 01/25/2019 - 13:03

In 1921, William Arthur Shelton, a professor in Emory's Candler School of Theology, purchased an Old Kingdom mummy from the sacred site of Abydos in Middle Egypt.