Museum Hermitage

Figure 2-6. Human faces in artistic expression, (a) Henri Matisse, Portrait of Lydia Delektroskaya (reproduced by permission from the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg) (b) Jeno Barcsay, Woman s head (used with permission from Ms. Barcsay) (c) George Buday, Miklos Radnoti, wood-cut, 1969 (used with permission from George Buday, R. E.) (d) Buddha sculpture in Japan (e) St. Peter at the St. Peter s Square, Rome (f) Bust of D. I. Mendeleev in front of Moscow State University (d e f, photographs by the authors).

Our collaboration with the State Hermitage Museum is continuing. We are now working on an article describing the analysis of some very spectacular objects from the Archaeological Department of this museum, dating to the early Scythian period. 

Shedrinsky, A., T. Wampler, and K. Chugunov, The examination of amber beads from the collection of the state hermitage museum found in Arzhan-2 burial memorial site, J. Anal. Appl. Pyrol, 71 69-82 (2004). 

Shedrinsky, A., T. Wampler, and A. Mazurkevich, Amber and Amber-Like Resins in the Culture of Pile Dwellers in the Upper Reaches of the Western Dvina River, Reports of the State Hermitage Museum, LXII, pp. 74-80 (2004). 

Nikitina, K. F. (1981). Conservation of archaeological leather in the State Hermitage Museum. In 6th triennial meeting Ottawa, 21-25 September 1981 preprints (pp. 10). International Council of Museums Committee for Conservation. 

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