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Ajanta Paintings : Their Composition, Technique Deterioration and Preservation

B B Lal, Islamic Wonders Bureau, 2007, x, 154 p, tables, figs, ISBN : 818776340X, $60.00 (Includes free airmail shipping)

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Composition and technique. 3. Rough plaster. 4. Fine plaster. 5. Colours. 6. Technique. 7. Table-2. 8. Table 1. 9. The carrier. 10. Table-3. 11. The Ground-(rinzaffato and intonaco). 12. Method of analysis. 13. Description of specimens. 14. Table-4. 15. Organic fibrous material. 16. Composition of the plaster. 17. Nature of pigments. 18. Binding medium. 19. Technique of painting. 20. Preservation till 1953. 21. Table-5. 22. Work done by Hyderabad State Archaeological Dept. Mechanics. 23. Table-6. 24. Hyderabad State Govt. Committee Report 1949. 25. Preservation after 1953. 26. Table-7. 27. Work by Archaeological Survey of India 1961-1965. 28. Table-8. 29. Work done by Rumanian experts 1966. 30. Review of the problem. 31. Table - 9. 32. Table-10. 33. Table-11. 34. Dust. 35. Ventilation and light. 36. Methods of preservation. 37. Need for research. 38. Summary of recommendations.
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