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Dr.
Dominick DePaola,
President, Forsyth Institute
Welcome
Prof. Michael Henchman
of Brandeis University
Introduction
Dr.
Orrie Friedman of Brandeis University
Reflections of an Artist/Chemist
Prof.
Michael Henchman
of Brandeis University
The Science Behind Art
Prof.
Richard Laursen of Boston University
Application of Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
to the Analysis of Paint Media
Dr.
Janet Schrenk of MIT
The Royal Art of Benin Kingdom: What Science Can Tell
Us
Dr.
Shelby Kashket of the Forsyth Institute
Introduction, second half
Prof.
Margaret Merritt of Wellesley College
Blue Eyes of Africa: identification of Blue Pigments
in Painted Yoruba Wood Sculptures
Mr.
Michael Douma of Michael Douma Productions
How a Scientist Investigates if a Painting is Authentic
Dr.
Francesca Bewer of the Straus Center for
Conservation at Harvard University
Technical Research and the Care of Works of Art
at the Fogg Art Museum (1900 - 1950)
Dr.
Richard Newman of the Boston Museum of
Fine Arts
The Real and Unreal: Science as an Aid to Authenticating
Three-Dimensional Works of Art
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in the Forest, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University,
Waltham, MA. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham M. Sonnabend,
Brookline MA. Chemical analysis was used in an
investigation as to whether this is the work of
impressionist painter Eva Gonzales. This investigation
was discussed by Michael Douma in a seminar at
the Forsyth Institute.
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