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Materials Science Research for the Conservation of Sculpture and Monuments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

George W. Scherer ,
Robert Flatt  and
George Wheeler
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Mountains give the illusion of durability because their grand scale hides the continual weathering of their surfaces. When the same stone is used to create a sculpture, the loss of a few millimeters suffices to spoil, or even eliminate, the features of a face; the rate of loss may be surprising, but it is not necessarily unnatural.

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MRS Bulletin , Volume 26 , Issue 1: Preserving Art through the Ages , January 2001 , pp. 44 - 50
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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