Art, Biology and Conservation Biodeterioration of Works of Art Fernando E. Nieto-Fernandez, Robert J. Koestler, Victoria H. Koestler, A. Elena Charola

Despite the perception that artworks are timeless and unchanging, they are actually subject to biological attack from a variety of bacterial sources - from fungi to insects. This groundbreaking and richly illustrated volume, which publishes the proceedings of a conference held at The Metropolitan Museum in June of 2002, explores how the development of these bacteria can be arrested while preserving both the work of art and the health of the conservator.

Robert J. Koestler is a research scientist at The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Victoria H. Koestler is a freelance writer and editor; A. Elena Charola is a freelance conservation scientist; and Fernando E. Nieto-Fernandez is a biologist at Old Westbury College, New York.

In this groundbreaking volume, scientists and conservators discuss how to protect and preserve artworks in many different media from biological attack.