Historical panel paintings and cupboards

CULTWOOD - User workshop on the research project (program)

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CULTWOOD  - at the international CollectionCare conference in Valencia Spain from 1.-3. December 2021 online

Project

Numerical analysis tool for the simulation and risk estimation of climatic and mechanical loaded works of art made of wood

Research topics

• validation of partial models to describe the short- and long-term behaviour of wood by experiments for investigating individual phenomena
• determination of mechanical and hygric properties of surface coatings of exemplary objects
• joining the partial models to an overall model
• validation of the overall model by replica of a panel painting by L. Cranach the Elder (Altar of Saint Catherine, left wing, inner side) and of a historical cupboard
• if necessary the adaption of methods and adjustment of the used material parameters
• application: simulate original works of art in characteristic/critical scenarios
• goal: prohibition of damage and resource-saving, efficient air conditioning in exhibition- and storerooms

Founded by

Federal Ministry of Education and Research
https://www.validierungsfoerderung.de/validierungsprojekte/cultwood

In collaboration with

Dresden University of Fine Arts www.hfbk-dresden.de/en/
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections) www.skd.museum/en/