Technical Art Historyand its Sources

STITAH 2011Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts

New York University

Michele Marincola

Sources

• The object itself

• Information from the artist

• Realia

• Contemporary information not directly related to the research subject

• Modern studies: analysis, secondary literature and reconstructions

The Object Itself

Information from the Artist

Edgar Degas, Sketchbook, ca. 1880 and later, The Morgan Library and Museum

Attrib. to Thomas da ModenaSketchbook, 1360-80The Morgan Library and Museum

Realia

Jackson Pollack’s studio, The Springs, Long Island

Contemporary Information

Modern StudiesSecondary Literature and

Reconstructions