Programme

September, 19-20 / 2005

Glass Science in Art and Conservation

Campus of FCT/UNL – Caparica

	Monday 19 September		Tuesday 20 September
9h-9h15	Opening session António M. Nunes dos Santos (Director FCT/UNL), David Martlew, Susan M. Rossi-Wilcox, António Pires de Matos and Fernando Pina
	chairpersonMaria João Melo		chairperson António Pires de Matos
9h15-9h45	L1 Susan M. Rossi-Wilcox Send them out or keep them here? The loan dilemma for a fragile collection	9h15-9h45	L13 Robert H. Brill Egyptian blue, chinese blue & purple, and some of their chemical analogues
9h45-10h15	L2 Pedro Redol Questioning isothermal protection of ancient stained glass in a southern european climate	9h45-10h15	L14 Elvira Fortunato Multipurpose thin film oxides semi-conductors: from decorative coatings to electronic devices
10h15-10h45	L3 Márcia Vilarigues Potash glass corrosion: from the 15th century to the laboratory	10h15-10h45	L15 Richard Meitner An artist says important things about science (67 years after his aunt discovered nuclear fission)
10h45-11h15	coffee break	10h45-11h15	coffee break
	chairperson Victoria Oakley		chairperson Marco Verità
11h15-11h45	L4 Katherine Eremin and Laurianne Robinet Glass alteration in the presence of organic pollutants	11h15-11h45	L16 Michael Taylor Scientific basis for human formulas
11h45-12h15	L5 Lisa Pilosi, Mark Wypyski The art and science of dating glass artifacts: collaboration between curator, conservator and scientist in the museum	11h45-12h15	L17 Rui Almeida The physico-chemical origins of color in glass
12h30-14h30	lunch	12h30-14h30	lunch
	chairperson Pedro Redol		chairperson David Pye
14h30-15h	L6 David Martlew Conserving and presenting a nineteenth century flat glass furnace	14h30-15h	L18 Norman H. Tennent Analytical studies in the optimisation of removal of weathering crusts from medieval stained glass
15h-15h30	L7 Gerhard Eggert Information hidden in crack patterns on glass find	15h-15h30	L19 Sarah Fearn Room temperature corrosion of museum glass: an investigation using low energy SIMS
15h30-16h	L8 Elizabeth R. Brill The Blaschka Marine Invertebrates from the viewpoints of flameworking and marine biology	15h30-16h	L20 Victoria Oakley Glass deterioration: seeking clarity through the mist
16h-16h45	coffee break	16h-16h30	coffee break
	chairperson Susan M. Rossi-Wilcox		chairperson David Martlew
16h45-17h	SC2 Massimiliano Marvasi Bacterial communities on “Natività”: a stained glass window of Florence Cathedral	16h30-16h45	SC4 Jerzy Kunicki-Goldfinger Selected technologic aspects of baroque glass and their implication for glass durability
17h-17h15	SC3 Susanna Bracci The mosaic of the Porta della Mandorla of SMF in Florence: alteration phenomena and hypotheses for the conservation	16h45-17h	SC5 Eve Koha The Glassartist versus the Conservator
17h15-17h45	L9 Colleen P. Stapleton History of glass from the 4th millennium B.C. to the mid-1st millennium B.C.	17h-17h30	L21 Sandra Davison Preservation of thirteenth century decorative glass in Westminster Abbey, London
17h45-18h15	L10 Marco Verità The venetian cristallo: secrets and weakness of a renaissance european success	17h30-18h	L22 Jonathan Cooke Art of the Possible - some case studies in stained glass conservation
18h15-18h45	L11 William Gudenrath The history of enamelling glass vessels	18h30-19h	L23 Joost Caen Enamel in stained glass windows: preparation, chemical composition, microstructure and causes of deterioration.
		19h-19h30	L24 Stephen P Koob Adhesives for Glass
		20h	dinner
			chairperson José Carlos de Carvalho e Melo
		22h	Evening Lecture - L25 David Pye Historical Centers for the Advancement of Glass Closing Session – Leopoldo Guimarães, President of the University.

For the participants not attending the Marinha Grande Meetings a Visit to Lisbon Museums
with Glass Collections will be organized on September 21.

September 21, Wednesday

8.30 h - Transport from the Hotel Caparica to Marinha Grande

( a bus will be at the hotel)

11.30 h – Visit to the Museum of Marinha Grande

12.30 – 14.00h h – Free time for lunch

	Glass Art in Industry CRISFORM Marinha Grande
14h00	Reception to the participants
14h15	Opening Session
	David Pye Glass – Its Dance With Light Throughout the Ages
	David Martlew Glass Art and Glass Industry: Married or Divorced ?
15h30-15h45	coffee break
15h30	Richard Meitner "Can we REALLY believe that glass art and glass industry can help each other?"
	Michael Taylor Indivisibles and Other New York
17h15	William Gutenrath The History of Glassblowing from its Beginnings Trough the Renaissance
18h30	Closing Session and Visit to the “3º Salão internacional do Vidro- Marinha Grande”

September 22, Marinha Grande

	Glass History Session Parque Municipal de Exposições, VIDRO SO
10h00	José Amado Mendes – Portuguese Glass History in XVIII–XX Centuries: Marinha Grande as Main Centre of the Portuguese Glass
10h45	José Maria Ballester – Glass History in Spain - La Fabrica de La Granja: European Extent and Social Program.
11h30	Coffee-Break
11h45	Robert H. Brill – Some Small Glass Beads from San Salvador Island.
12h30	Free time for lunch
14h00	Manuela Almeida Ferreira – Outline of Glass History in Iberian Peninsula.
14h45	Philippe Merloz – Glass History in France – The Glass in Tarn: Historical and Social Implications since XVII Century.
15h30	Olivier Schalm – Chemical Analysis of Archaeological Glass: Fragments Excavated at the Former Royal Glass Factory of Marinha Grande.

16h15

Coffee-Break

16h30	Sérgio Vieira - Júlio Resende: On Júlio Resende Stained Glass
17h15	Closing Session

A visit to a Glass Factory can be organized after the closing session.

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