Leiden Neterlands: The J. Paul Getty Trust., 1995. — 241 p. — ISBN- 0-89236-322-3English. The Getty Conservation Institute is committed to the preservation of cultural heritage worldwide. The Institute seeks to advance scientiRc knowledge and professional practice and to raise public awareness of conservation. Through research, training, documentation, exchange of information, and ReId projects, the Institute addresses issues related to the conservation of museum objects and archival collections, archaeological monuments and sites, and historic bUildings and cities. The Institute is an operating program of the J. Paul Getty Trust.
The history of painting techniques is by nature a multidiSCiplinary area of study, combining research in science, conservation, and art history as
well as specific expertise in paintings.
