Mark Clarke
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Ph.D.
Residence: February 1 - February 28, 2012
Profile
Prof. Dr. Mark Clarke is an interdisciplinary researcher into historic artists' materials, especially paint, and in particular mediaeval paint. With a background in conservation and conservation science, he specialises in works of art as physical objects: 'technical art history'. A particular interest is the materials and techniques of mediaeval European and Islamic manuscripts. Working with the International Council of Museums he co-founded the international working group on Art Technological Source Research. He has made a particular study of artists' recipe books, and has recently published a new edition and translation of the Liber diversarum arcium. He is a professor of Technical Art History in the Department of Conservation and Restoration, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and an invited researcher at the Universiteit van Amsterdam.Current work:
The Co-Transmission of Mediaeval Paint Recipes as an Indicator of the Inter-Penetration of Colour Theory, Artists’ Practical Knowledge and Domestic Science
Selected publications
Clarke, Mark. The Art of All Colours: Mediaeval Recipe Books for Painters and Illuminators. London: Archetype Publications, 2011.
Clarke, Mark. Mediaeval Painters’ Materials and Techniques: The Montpellier Liber diversarum arcium. London: Archetype Publications, 2011.
