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2016 , Vol. 5 >Issue 1: 91 - 100

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2015.12.005

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Conservation of architectural paintings at Xiaonan Garden, former residence of Weng family in Changshu

  • Weijun He 1,2 ,
  • Shi Hu , 1 ,
  • Lifang Ji 1
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  • 1. Architecture Academy, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
  • 2. Nanjing Museum, Nanjing 210096, China

Received date: 07 Dec 2014

Accepted date: 30 Dec 2015

Published date: 17 Mar 2016

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2014 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Abstract

Xiaonan Garden is the back garden at the Weng family’s former residence, a famed mansion in Jiangnan. Various architectural colored paintings in the Jiangnan style, including a rare paster colored painting, are preserved in the garden. This study examines the wooden support, pigments, and structure of the painting and conducts a series of conservation experiments in situ and in the laboratory. Several conservation problems, such as the manually brushed lime, re-adherence of flaking painting layers, and consolidation of gold foil, were solved, and good results were obtained. Virtual recovery provided a solidfoundation for protection and example of research on architectural colored paintings in Jiangnan.

Key words： Architectural colored painting; Conservation

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Weijun He , Shi Hu , Lifang Ji . Conservation of architectural paintings at Xiaonan Garden, former residence of Weng family in Changshu[J]. Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2016 , 5(1) : 91 -100 . DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2015.12.005

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