East Asian Painting Conservation Department Bibliography
Explore a selection of publications by Met Science and Asian Painting Conservation Studio staff.
Vermeulen M, Mueller EMK, Leona M. “Non-invasive study of the evolution of pigments and colourants used in 19th century ukiyo-e”. Arts of Asia. 2020;50(2),103-114.
Marc Vermeulen, Diego Tamburini, Emily M.K. Muller, Silvia A. Centeno, Elena Basso, Marco Leona. ‘Integrating high-pressure liquid chromatography mass spectrometry into an analytical protocol for the identification of organic colorants in Japanese woodblock prints.’ Scientific Reports, 2020, 10:20921. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77959-2
Vermeulen M, Leona M. “Evidence of early amorphous arsenic sulfide production and use in Edo period Japanese woodblock prints by Hokusai and Kunisada”. Heritage Science. 2019;7:73,1-11.
Cesaratto, A, Luo Y, Smith II HD, Leona M. “A timeline for the introduction of synthetic dyestuffs in Japan during the late Edo and Meiji periods”. Heritage Science. 2018;6:22.
Zaleski S, Takahashi Y, Leona M. “Natural and synthetic arsenic sulfide pigments in Japanese woodblock prints of the late Edo period”. Heritage Science. 2018;6:32,1-8.
Cesaratto, Anna, Marco Leona, and Federica Pozzi. “The Cultural Meanings of Color: Raman Spectroscopic Studies of Red, Pink and Purple Dyes in Late Edo and Early Meiji Period Prints.” In Raman Spectroscopy in Archaeology and Art History, Vol. 2, edited by Peter Vandenabeele and Howell G. M. Edwards, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018, under revision.
Leona M, Perry J, “Beneath the Blue: A Scientific Analysis of Korin’s Irises at Yatsuhashi”, Impressions: The Journal of the Japanese Art Society of America, 37 (2016) 129-140.
Luo Y, Basso E, Smith HD, Leona M. “Synthetic arsenic sulfides in Japanese prints of the Meiji period”.Heritage Science. 2016;4:17.
Leona M, Londero P, Perry J, Fukunaga K, Gregory Bailey, Charlotte Hale, “Designing Nature: Ogata Kōrin’s Technical Choices in Irises at Yatsuhashi”, in Science and Art: The Painted Surface, edited by B. G. Brunetti, C. Miliani, A. Sgamellotti, pp. 335-352, London: The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014.