The diagnosis of modern paintings an ally for teaching chemistry

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In ancient times, it was common for artists to do chemistry tasks to prepare pigments, solvents, varnishes, and even their tools. Nowadays, it is very unlikely for an artist to prepare his materials, although the relationship between art and chemistry remains evident. During the last decades, chemistry has made its way into art through fields such as conservation. It was precisely through this that it found its ally as a diagnostic tool since the chemical industry is mainly responsible for the evolution of artistic materials used today. However, the contribution of chemistry to art is not known in the same way worldwide, for example, in regions of the Caribbean. The international scientific and technological evolution has given rise to new fields in the sciences that have generated greater interest and have left the pure sciences aside, which is why teachers and professors look for more motivating teaching methods. The concern for better education and interest in chemistry is an international issue. One of the goals is to make science courses more interesting for students. In some cases, the relationship between chemistry and art has been used as an interdisciplinary field, highlighting the use of this scientific career as a diagnostic tool. This paper shows how the scientific analysis of artworks by great artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe, Francisco Oller, Ramón Frade, among others, was used as a headline in dissemination, education and mentoring programs—proving that the relationship between these two fields, especially with modern painting, can be an efficient and motivational teaching method for scientific careers.

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Biografia Autor

Annette Suleika Ortiz Miranda, Statens Museum for Kunst

Annette es química con un doctorado en Ciencias y Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural. Se unió al equipo de investigación de la Galería Nacional de Dinamarca (SMK - CATS) como investigadora / científica de la conservación en 2021. Su trabajo se enfoca en la identificación y caracterización de los materiales y técnicas artísticas, así como en la comprensión de sus patrones de degradación. Obtuvo un doctorado en 2017 después de completar un proyecto sobre el desarrollo de métodos analíticos para la caracterización de pinturas al temple y sus procesos de deterioro en el Instituto Universitario de Restauración del Patrimonio de la Universitat Politècnica de València, España y el Institute of Biochemistry, Analytical, and Environmental Chemistry en la Universität Greifswald en Alemania. También tiene un Máster en Conservación y Restauración del Patrimonio Cultural de la Universitat Politècnica de València, España.
Antes de unirse al equipo de trabajo de SMK- CATS, trabajó como investigadora postdoctoral en el Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts en Northwestern University en Chicago, donde centró su investigación en el estudio de los jabones metálicos en pintura moderna y ganó experiencia en el uso de métodos de análisis no invasivos y métodos actuales de procesamiento de datos para el análisis de obra pictórica.
Más allá de su trabajo en SMK, Annette ejerce como consultora científica de museos e instituciones culturales en el Caribe, está comprometida con programas de mentoría en carreras STEM y es parte de la colección virtual más grande del mundo de perfiles de científicas latinas de la organización “If Then She Can”

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2021-12-17
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Ortiz Miranda, A. S. (2021). The diagnosis of modern paintings an ally for teaching chemistry. Ge-Conservacion, 20(1), 261-274. https://doi.org/10.37558/gec.v20i1.1073
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