Ethiopian Icons - Faith & Science

Acknowledgements

Staff

Michael Briggs - Site, graphic, and video design
Bryna Freyer - Exhibition curator
Stephanie Hornbeck - Conservation liason
Alan Knezevich - Chief designer
Jeremy Jelenfy - Site production assistant
Lisa Buck Vann - Graphic Design
Migs Grove - Editorial
Franko Khoury - Photography
Jeffrey Smith - Site production assistance

Faith

Daniel Berhanemeskel provided translations of the Ge'ez inscriptions.

Science

Samuel H. Kress Foundation funded this conservation technical research and treatment.
Erica James, Painting Conservator and Kress Fellow (2000-2001), National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, executed the technical research and treatment and adapted this latter for the web-page.
Stephen Mellor, Chief Conservator, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, served as principal advisor for the technical research and treatment.
Stephanie Hornbeck, Associate Conservator, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, adapted the technical research for the exhibition and web-page.
Roland Cunningham, Senior Painting Conservator, Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education, performed the SEM-EDS analyses.
Janet Douglas, Conservation Scientist, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery/ Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, performed the X-radiography and X-ray fluorescence analyses.
Walter Hopwood, Chemist, Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education, performed the FTIR analysis.

Science: Conservation Introduction | How Ethiopian Icons Were Fabricated | The Ethiopian Icon Painter's Palette | Treatment Case Study | Glossary of Technical Analyses | Select Bibliography

 Faith: Curatorial Introduction and Artwork | Glossary

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