Research & Publications
Videos
- Conservation of the Virgin of Guadalupe
- IMA Director's Journal: //Virgin of Guadalupe
- Sebastiano Mainardi: The Science of Art
Images
Conservation of Autum Landscape, Red Trees by T.C. Steele
Conservation of Landscape with Rolling Hills by Jay H. Connaway
Online Publications
- Preserving a Legacy: Wishard Hospital Murals
- Preserving a Legacy: See It While You Can
- Collaborating in the Public’s Domain
- No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation
- Wikipedia Saves Public Art
- SGSConnect: My Global Connection (Starting atop a Little Hill in Northern Indiana)
- SGS Connect: On Looking for New Models
- SGS Connect: Preliminary Results and the Salzburg Declaration on the Conservation and Preservation of Cultural Heritage
Print Publications
Alig, Dorothy Stites, Julie Randolph and Amanda Holden. “Texture / Color / Surface / Hand – Development in Loss Compensation for Textiles.” AIC News. Vol. 28, No. 3: May 2003.
Alig, Dorothy Stites, contributing author. “Vibrant Dancers: Egungun Costumes from Southwestern Nigeria.” Tales in the Textile; The Conservation of Flags and Other Symbolic Textiles. Compiled by Jan Vuori. Preprints of the North American Textile Conservation Conference: 2003.
Bisi, S.; Smith, G.D.; Albright, G.E. “Purple Haze: The Development and Analysis of a Vapor Iodine Treatment for the Reduction of Silver Mirroring” Topics in Photographic Preservation, 2009, 13. In press.
Burgio, L; Clark, R. J. H.; Sheldon, L.; Smith, G. D. “Pigment Identification by Spectroscopic Means: Evidence for the Authenticity of the Painting Young Woman Seated at a Virginal as the 36th Vermeer Painting” Analytical Chemistry, 2005, 77, 1261-1267.
Celenko, Theodore and Laura Reutter. Art and Technology: Africa and Beyond. Indianapolis Museum of Art: 1995.
Chaplin, T. D.; Clark, R. J. H.; Jacobs, D.; Jensen, K.; Smith, G. D. “Analysis of Three Gutenberg Bibles Using Raman Microscopy,” in Raman Spectroscopy, Wiley: Chichester, 2002, 823-824.
Chaplin, T. D.; Clark, R. J. H.; Jacobs, D.; Jensen, K.; Smith, G. D. “The Gutenberg Bibles: Analysis of the Illuminations and Inks Using Raman Spectroscopy” Analytical Chemistry, 2005, 77, 3611-3622.
Derbyshire, A.; Regnault, P.; Kibrya, R.; Withnall, R.; Banik, G.; Smith, G. D.; Brown, K. “An Investigation into the Effect of Iron Gall Ink on the Discolouration of Lead White,” in Preprints of the 13th Triennial Meeting of the ICOM Conservation Committee, Vol. 2, International Council of Museums: Rio de Janeiro, 2002, 597-602.
Hamm, J.; Smith, G. D.; Kushel, D.; DiJoseph, J. “What’s Wrong with This Picture: The Analysis of a Known Forgery” AIC Paintings Specialty Group Postprints, 2008, 20, 62-66.
Hayes, J.; Golden, M.; Smith, G. D. “From Formulation to Finished Product: Causes and Potential Cures for Conservation Concerns in Acrylic Emulsion Paints” in Modern Paints Uncovered, T. J. S. Learner, P. Smithen, J. W. Kreuger, and M. R. Schilling (Eds.), Getty Conservation Institute: Los Angeles, 2007, 58-65.
Krause, Martin and Linda Witkowski. Walt Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs:” An Art in Its Making. Hyperion: New York, 1994.
Lussier, S.; Smith, G. D. “A Review of the Phenomenon of Lead White Blackening and Conversion Treatment” Reviews in Conservation, 2007, 8, 41-53.
Mailand, Harold F. and Dorothy Stites Alig. Preserving Textiles: A Guide for the Non-Specialist. Indianapolis Museum of Art: 1999.
Merz-Le, Liisa, contributing author. “Natural Resin Varnishes: Damar.” Varnishes and Surface Coatings, Vol. 1. Wendy Sammet, compiler. AIC Paintings Group: 1998.
Miller, David A. "Conservation Laboratory Techniques and Conservator's Report," Perceptions, Vol. 1 (1981), pp. 23-33. Indianapolis Museum of Art. Study of the authenticity of the Museum's paintings attributed to Rembrandt.
Miller, David A. "Conservation of Neo-Impressionist Paintings," The Aura of Neo-Impressionism: The W. J. Holliday Collection, pp. 29-31. Exhibition catalogue written by Ellen Wardwell Lee, Indianapolis Museum of Art; Indiana University Press, 1983.
Miller, David A. "Genesis and Metamorphosis: Materials and Techniques," Richard Pousette-Dart, pp. 168-177. Exhibition catalogue by Robert Hobbs and Joanne Kuebler; Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1990.
Miller, David A. and Ocon, Noelle. “Spray Varnishing Equipment,” Paintings Conservation Catalogue, Volume I, pp. 237-248. The Paintings Specialty Group of the AIC; The American Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 1998.
Miller, David A. “The Conservation of a Madonna and Child by Giovanni Bellini and His Workshop,” pp. 152-159. Giovanni Bellini and the Art of Devotion; Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2004.
Miller, L. M; Smith, G. D.; Carr, G. L. “Synchrotron-based Biological Microspectroscopy: From the Mid-Infrared through the Far-Infrared Regimes.” Journal of Biological Physics, 2003, 29, 219-230.
O'Connell, Christina Milton. 2007. "Modern Paints Uncovered." /Symposium in London May 16-19, 2006, edited by Thomas Learner, Patricia Smithen, Jay Krueger, and Michael Schilling. P. 287-288. Getty Conservation institute, Tate, National Gallery of Art.
Smith, G. D.; Burgio, L.; Firth, S.; Clark, R. J. H. "Laser-Induced Degradation of Lead Pigments with Reference to Botticelli's Trionfo d'Amore." Analytica Chimica Acta, 2001, 440, 185-188.
Smith, G. D.; Palmer, R. A. "Fast Time-resolved Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy Using an Interferometer," in Handbook of Vibrational Spectroscopy, Vol. 1, J. M. Chalmers and P. R. Griffiths (Eds.), John Wiley & Sons: Chichester, 2002, 625-640.
Smith, G. D.; Clark, R. J. H. "Raman Microscopy in Art History and Conservation Science." Reviews in Conservation, 2001, 2, 92-106.
Smith, G. D.; Clark, R. J. H. "A Note on Lead(II) Oxide in Mediaeval Frescoes from the Monastery of San Baudelio, Spain." Applied Spectroscopy, 2002, 56, 804-806.
Smith, G.D.; Clark, R. J. H. "The Role of H2S in Pigment Blackening." Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2002, 3, 101-105.
Smith, G. D.; Firth, S.; Cardona, M.; Clark, R. J. H. "First- and Second-Order Raman Spectra of Galena (PbS)." Journal of Applied Physics, 2002, 92, 4375-4380.
Smith, G. D.; Derbyshire, A.; Clark, R. J. H. "In Situ Spectroscopic Detection of PbS on a Blackened Manuscript Illumination by Raman Microscopy." Studies in Conservation, 2002, 47, 250-256.
Smith, G. D. "Infrared Microscopy Using a Synchrotron Source for Arts-Science Research." Journal of the American Institute of Conservation, 2003, 42, 399-406.
Smith, G. D.; Clark, R. J. H. "Raman Microscopy in Archaeological Science." Journal of Archaeological Science, 2004, 31, 1137-1160.
Smith, G. D. “A ‘Single Shot’ Separation and Identification Technique for Water Extractable Additives in Acrylic Emulsion Paints” in Preprints of the 14th Triennial Meeting of the ICOM Conservation Committee, Vol. 2, International Council of Museums: The Hague, 2005, 824-832.
Smith, G. D. “Aging Characteristics of a Contemporary Acrylic Emulsion Used in Artists’ Paints” in Modern Paints Uncovered, T. J. S. Learner, P. Smithen, J. W. Kreuger, and M. R. Schilling (Eds.), Getty Conservation Institute: Los Angeles, 2007, 234-244.
Smith, G. D.; Johnson, R. “Strip ‘Teas’ - Solubility Data for the Removal (and Application) of Low Molecular Weight Synthetic Resins Used as Inpainting Media and Picture Varnishes” WAAC Newsletter, 2008, 30[1], 11-19.
Smith, G. D.; Klinshaw, R. J. “The Presence of Trapped Carbon Dioxide in Lapis Lazuli and Its Potential Use in Geo-sourcing Natural Ultramarine Pigment” Journal of Cultural Heritage, 2009, 10[3], 415-421.
Smith, G. D.; Nunan, E.; Walker, C.; Kushel, D. A. “Inexpensive Near-infrared Imaging of Artwork Using a ‘Night Vision’ Webcam for ‘Chemistry in Art’ Courses” Journal of Chemical Education, 2009, 86[12], 1382-1388.
Smith, G. D.; Pena, V. G. “An Inexpensive Glass Capillary ‘Tensiometer’ for Determining the Critical Micelle Concentration of Surfactants” The Chemical Educator, 2009, 14[6], 239-242.
Smith, G. D. "Cross-Discipline, Across the World: Diversity in Modern Archaeological Excavations," in Mental Floss, W. Pearson (Ed.) Duke University Press: Durham, 2000, 39-40
Smith, G. D.; Hamm, J. F. “The Appropriate Environment for the Display and Storage of Artwork” American Artist, May 2009, 14-19.
van de Weerd, J.; Smith, G. D.; Clark, R. J. H. “Identification of Black Pigments on Prehistoric Southwest American Potsherds by Infrared and Raman Microscopy.” Journal of Archaeological Science, 2004, 31, 1429-1437.











