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Technical Studies of Asian Art: Proceedings of the Seventh Forbes Symposium at the Freer Gallery of Art
(Archetype Publications in association with the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, 2025) McCarthy, Blythe; Giaccai, Jennifer; Clarke, Matthew; Talbert, Kesha
Commemorating the Freer Gallery of Art’s centennial, this volume of papers presented at the seventh Forbes Symposium offers a multidisciplinary examination of a rich expanse of art from across Asia. It presents technical studies of objects—from Chinese bronzes and Japanese lacquerware to Korean ceramics and silk paintings—analyzed through advanced scientific methods. Using a combination of traditional and cutting-edge methods, the studies reveal the secrets hidden within ancient materials.
The essays highlight collaborative research between conservators, scientists, and art historians, revealing insights into material composition, degradation processes, and cross-cultural influences. They demonstrate how interdisciplinary approaches can enrich curatorial narratives and inform preservation strategies, while showcasing the evolving role of technical art history and conservation science in deepening our understanding of artistic practice and historical context.
The essays highlight collaborative research between conservators, scientists, and art historians, revealing insights into material composition, degradation processes, and cross-cultural influences. They demonstrate how interdisciplinary approaches can enrich curatorial narratives and inform preservation strategies, while showcasing the evolving role of technical art history and conservation science in deepening our understanding of artistic practice and historical context.
The Lycopsid sigillaria brardii Brongniart From The Late Pennsylvanian Tinajas Member, Atrasado Formation, Socorro County, New Mexico
(2025) DiMichele, William A.; Lucas, Spencer G.; Harris, Susan K.
Excellent specimens of Sigillaria brardii were found in place on the surface of shale in Upper Pennsylvanian (Missourian) strata of Socorro County, New Mexico. Poor quality specimens have been reported from the Upper Pennsylvanian of New Mexico earlier, on at least two occasions. The current specimens, preserved in ironstone, reveal fine details of the stem surface. Given the large plant-fossil collections that have been made from the Pennsylvanian strata of Socorro County, the rarity of this plant is unusual and may reflect a scarcity of wetland habitat conditions in the region. Sigillaria brardii is the only arboreous lycopsid reported from Upper Pennsylvanian strata in equatorial latitudes of Euramerican Pangea, from the Appalachian coal basin to areas lacking coal in the western parts of the paleocontinent following the disappearance of other kinds of lycopsid trees at the DesmoinesianMissourian stage boundary.
Quebradophyllum Gen. Nov., An Enigmatic Plant Of Early Permian Age, New Mexico, And Similar Rare Sedimentary Structures
(2025) Hunt, Adrian P.; Lucas, Spencer G.; May, Paul T.; DiMichele, William A.
Specimens resembling plant remains have been found in early Permian red beds of northern and central New Mexico. The specimens have symmetry suggestive of foliage of a previously unknown plant, possibly related to the supaioid peltasperms. This is particularly marked by the type specimen of this new taxon, which appears to be a hierarchically organized axis system: a main rachis bearing secondary rachises that branch dichotomously. Laminate surfaces were not identified. Other specimens, multiply dichotomized, which we initially interpreted as fragmentary parts of lateral appendages, are most likely fossilized rills, rare abiotically formed physical features related to water drainage pathways. These have not, however, been found at other locations in the heavily prospected Abo Formation of New Mexico, nor are they generally common in the geological record. Here we describe a new genus and species of plant and discuss the comparable sedimentary features.
First record of Mieniplotia scabra (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) in Hawaiʻi: Another non-native introduction to Hawaiʻi’s already imperiled freshwater systems
(2025) Hayes,K. A., .; Slapcinsky, J.; Atta, C.; Strong, Ellen E.; Derne, B. T.; Kinzler, T. P.; Hill, M. My; Kim, J. R.; Yeung, N. W.
La cerámica de Playa Venado desde la perspectiva de la tradición semiótica del Gran Coclé, Panamá: Un enfoque retrospectivo
(2023) Sánchez Herrera, Luis A.; Cooke, Richard G.; Smith-Guzmán, Nicole E.; Díaz Pérez, Claudia P.