Advance notice of the upcoming
multi-volume photo book series
How many del Gesù?
A complete Iconography
The most comprehensive collection ever made on the work of the great master Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri ‚del Gesù‘. Around 200 instruments divided into several volumes, about 40 years meticulously researched provenances and life-size, finely printed photographs.
Edited by Michael A. Baumgartner and photographed by Jan Röhrmann, in collaboration with numerous international experts.
To compliment the wealth of information being prepared for the upcoming work on Guarneri del Gesù, Robert Brewer Young, director of the J&A Beare Department of Scientific Research and Conservation, and project manager and photographer Jan Röhrmann propose to create a comprehensive protocol for documenting a select number of outstanding examples.
Methods will include, but not be limited to: structured light 3d modelling, macro photos for revealing varnish stratification, penetration and wear patterns. Arching templates produced from industrial CT scans, RTI imaging with three different wavelengths of light. Infrared light studies of interiors, acoustic analysises, precise outlines of top back and ribs. Detailed thicknessing maps and measurements and analysis of patina and added materials.
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