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Clara Granzotto

Assistant Conservation Scientist
Scientific Research, Department of Conservation and Science
The Art Institute of Chicago

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Chicago, IL, USA

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Accretion, accumulation, encrustation? Reconciling scientific and  curatorial perspectives when reporting on surface materials on  African sculptures

Clara Granzotto is Assistant Conservation Scientist in the Conservation and Science department at the Art Institute of Chicago. She received her Ph.D. in chemical sciences from the University of Venice, Italy, and the University of Lille, France. Clara conducted post-doctoral research at the Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts at Northwestern University in Evanston (IL), at the scientific department of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She specializes in the analysis of traditional binding media in works of art by mass spectrometry, with a focus on polysaccharides and proteins, to understand artists’ technique, artworks appearance and condition.

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