Contextualizing chemistry in art and archaeology : inspiration for instructors /
"Chemistry serves a critical role in the fields of archaeology and art, from assisting in the reconstruction of humanity's past to the preservation of priceless works of art. Exploring the interface of chemistry, art, and archaeology within the chemistry curriculum can help students unders...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
American Chemical Society,
[2021]
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| Series: | ACS symposium series ;
1386. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Preface: chemistry's diverse applications in art and archaeology
- General chemistry. Incorporating conservation science into the general education curriculum
- Archaeological and historical pigments: a unifying framework for delivering relevant chemical content utilizing an interdisciplinary approach
- Connecting chemistry and cultural heritage: presenting the physical sciences to non-science majors and first-year students through the investigation of works of art and archaeological artifacts
- Using examples from art and archaeology to demonstrate the chemistry of materials in a general education course
- Using the history of technology to connect art and chemistry in a science of art course for nonscience majors
- Making light work: a first-year writing course on art, colors, and chemistry
- Instrumentation. The chemistry of art and artifacts: a sophomore-level, thematic chemical instrumentation course
- X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy in painting analyses: undergraduate classroom, teaching laboratory, and research
- Multispectral and hyperspectral reflectance imaging spectrometry (VIS, VNIR, SWIR) in painting analyses: undergraduate teaching and interfacial undergraduate research at the nexus of chemistry and art
- Mixing chemistry and pigments: x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy as a nondestructive technique for analysis of pigments in a painted Japanese handscroll
- Study abroad. Development and implementation of molecular modernism, a "chemistry and art" course with travel components in France or the United States
- Exploring London through the world of art and chemistry: the properties and uses of metals in sculpture
- Interdisciplinary or multiple levels. Dry laboratory forgery investigation of a purported Giorgio de Chirico painting for a "chemistry in art" course
- Teaching undergraduate chemistry through fibers and dyes
- Integrating archaeology and interdisciplinary collaborations with museums into the chemistry curriculum
- An introduction to ceramic glaze color chemistry
- The heterogeneity problem: intermolecular forces as they relate to solubility and chromatography.