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Édité par Michel Menu et Élisabeth Ravaud

Aristote. Éthique à Nicomaque (Livre VI, chapitre IV, 4)

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La technique picturale d’Andrea Mantegna

La nature de toute technè est de s’appliquer à la genèse d’une œuvre, d’en rechercher la technologie et la théorie parmi les choses réalisables, et d’en trouver le principe dans la personne qui la fait naître et non dans l’œuvre elle-même.

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Comité d’organisation de la table ronde Michel Menu Élisabeth Ravaud Dominique Thiébaut Édité par Michel Menu et Élisabeth Ravaud Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France (C2RMF) Directrice : Christiane Naffah Palais du Louvre • Porte des Lions, 14, quai François-Mitterrand, 75001 Paris Rédaction C2RMF Contact : Michel Menu [email protected] et Élisabeth Ravaud [email protected]

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TE C H N È s’adresse en priorité à la communauté des scientifiques, conservateurs, restaurateurs, archéologues, archéomètres, en France et à l’étranger, mais aussi à tous ceux qui se passionnent pour l’art et/ou la science et pour leur rapprochement, ainsi qu’à un public élargi : la fréquentation croissante des musées et des expositions engage ce public à savoir « ce qui se cache derrière » les œuvres et les objets. Diffuser les travaux de laboratoire et de restauration par la publication ou l’exposition peut contribuer à satisfaire cette légitime curiosité de la genèse des objets, de leur circulation, de l’origine des matériaux qui les composent, de leur vieillissement dans leurs différents contextes. Dans ce but, TE C H N È traite d’études significatives, de recherches approfondies, de points de vue liés à l’histoire de l’art et des civilisations, des méthodes scientifiques mises en œuvre, de l’optimisation des techniques. Chaque année, la publication comprend deux numéros portant sur un thème qu’une exposition ou un événement rend d’actualité. Des nouvelles brèves s’y ajoutent selon les cas, sur les programmes de recherche ou les colloques. Les articles peuvent être communiqués par les chercheurs, les restaurateurs ou les conservateurs français ou étrangers.

La science au service de l’histoire de l’art et des civilisations Numéro 1, 1994 Poussin et la peinture française au X V I I e siècle 144 pages dont 16 couleur Prix : 23 N Numéro 2, 1995 Autoportrait d’un laboratoire Numéro 3, 1996 Arts préhistoriques 136 pages dont 8 couleur Numéro 4, 1996 La couleur et ses pigments Numéro 5, 1997 Vers une science de l’héritage culturel : quelques exemples de laboratoires étrangers 116 pages dont 8 couleur Numéro 6, 1997 Verres - Émaux - Glaçures 132 pages dont 8 couleur

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Numéro 7, 1998 Art et chimie au Louvre 128 pages en couleur

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Numéro 8, 1998 Matériaux et techniques de l’art au X X e siècle 116 pages dont 16 couleur

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Numéro 9-10, 1999 Couleur et perception 176 pages en couleur

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Numéro 11, 2000 Cultures du monde 128 pages

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Numéro 12, 2000 L’art et l’électricité 128 pages dont 8 couleur

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Numéro 13-14, 2001 Découvrir - Transmettre 272 pages en couleur

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Numéro 16, 2002 Les objets d’art : de l’analyse à la conservation 128 pages dont 10 couleur

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Numéro 17, 2003 Science et conservation 144 pages dont 8 couleur

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Numéro 18, 2003 Le métal 112 pages dont 4 couleur

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Numéro 19, 2004 Science et conservation 144 pages dont 8 couleur

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Numéro 20, 2004 Terres cuites de la Renaissance 136 pages dont 8 couleur Prix : 23 N Numéro 21, 2005 Science et conservation 144 pages dont 11 couleur

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Numéro 22, 2005 Arts graphiques 136 pages dont 8 couleur

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Numéro 23, 2006 Science et conservation Musée du quai Branly 128 pages dont 8 couleur

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Numéro 24, 2006 Penser autrement l’art contemporain 100 pages dont 8 couleur Prix : 23 N Numéro 25, 2007 Science et conservation 132 pages dont 8 couleur

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Numéro 26, 2007 La couleur des peintres 132 pages en couleur

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Numéro 27-28, 2008 La restauration des œuvres d’art. Éléments d’une histoire oubliée, XVIII e-XIX e siècles 200 pages en couleur Prix : 46 N Numéro 30, 2009 Le bois 124 pages dont 8 couleur

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