art conservation
- Preservation from loss, damage, 
or neglect, stabilizing chemically
and structurally, sustaining the survival of objects as long as possible in what is closest to their original
form. The application of science
to the examination and treatment of objects, and to the study
of the environments in which they are placed — used, transported,
and stored.
What differentiates art conservation
from art restoration is
the conservator's avoidance
of adding anything to an object that cannot be easily removed
or identified. Some also address restoration and other issues
involving museology. Among the most significant and
controversial recent efforts of art conservation have been the
cleaning of Michelangelo's
fresco on the Sistine
Chapel ceiling and of his marble sculptures, and similar work
on art by Leonardo and other Renaissance artists. Also see acid
free, acid migration,
archival image, blot,
camphor flakes, cleavage, climate
control, condensation,
ephemera, forgery,
fragment, hygrothermograph,
inert, infrared
reflectography (IR) and reflectogram, Japanese
mending tissue, polyethylene,
radiograph, reversible,
stain and stain removal, storage,
and thymol. https://inform.quest/_art
