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Angelica Bartoletti is a conservation scientist with working experience in academic, museum and private conservation workshop environments and expertise in conservation treatment strategy development, analysis of artworks and artist materials. Angelica holds a PhD from University College London (UCL) in Scanning Probe Microscopy applied to Heritage Science for the characterisation of collagen-based objects (parchment and leather) and their degradation behaviour at the nanoscale. She participated in several national and international EU-funded projects as a PhD candidate and postdoctoral fellow and has long-term experience working with several partners with different backgrounds and areas of interest (scientists, conservators, curators, manufacturers and suppliers). Besides her work on analysing artists' materials, her research interests include assessing the impact of traditional and innovative conservation treatments for cellulose, collagen-based artefacts, modern and contemporary materials (paints and plastics), with a focus on cleaning strategies. She has various publications demonstrating her competencies in these areas, and she is currently serving as Guest Editors for the Special Issue "Cleaning and Conservation" of the open-access journal Heritage Science.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Angelica Bartoletti

Citation names

  • Bartoletti, Angelica
  • Bartoletti, A.
  • Angelica Bartoletti

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
AA1B-B0B0-A490
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1390-7782
Scopus Author Id
57103090300

Email addresses

  • a.bartoletti@fct.unl.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Department of Conservation and Restoration, FCT NOVA, Campus of Caparica, 2829-516, Almada, Almada, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - History and Archaeology
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Polymer Science
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Analytical Chemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Italian (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2012/11/01 - 2017/05/28
Concluded
 Nanometrology applied to Cultural Heritage, Specialisation in Conservation Science (Doctor of Philosophy)
University College London, United Kingdom
"Nanometrology for damage assessment and preservation of parchment" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved by unanimity
2008/01 - 2011/09
Concluded
 Master of Science (MSc) in Science for Cultural Heritage Conservation (Master)
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
"Deacidification and redox treatment applied to paper artworks: dispute among conservators" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 110/110
2003/10 - 2007/12
Concluded
 Technology for Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage (Bachelor)
Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
"Study of artificially aged papers treated with traditional deacidification treatments and with nanoparticles" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 110/110
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/05/14 - 2022/02/21 Postdoc (Research) Rede de Química e Tecnologia Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Portugal
2017/02/27 - 2019/04/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Tate, United Kingdom

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2012/11 - 2016/10 PhD candidate University College London, United Kingdom
Division of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering - Eastman Dental Institute UCL, United Kingdom
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2012/11 - 2015/12 NanoForArt - NANOmaterials FOR the conservation and preservation of movable and immovable ARTworks
ENV-NMP.2011.2.2-5
PhD Student Fellow
European Union, Belgium
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/05 - 2022/02 PlasCO2 - Green CO2 Technologies for the Cleaning of Plastics in Museums and Heritage Collections
PTDC/ARTOUT/29692/2017
Post-doc Fellow
2017/02 - 2018/12 NANORESTART - NANOmaterials for the REStoration of works of ART
646063
Post-doc Fellow
European Union
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. "Removal of varnish: organic solvents as cleaning agents". In Conservation of Easel Paintings. Routledge, 2020.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Angelica Bartoletti; de Sá, Susana França; Tomás Ferreira, Joana; Ferreira, Joana Lia. Corresponding author: Angelica Bartoletti. "Exploring conservation options for a pair of foam-based goalkeeper gloves belonging to Museu Benfica - Cosme Damião". Paper presented in FUTURE TALKS 021. Smart solutions in the conservation of the modern, Munich, 2021.
    Under revision
  2. Ormsby, Bronwyn; O.E. Lundsbakken; L. Monico; Angelica Bartoletti; Lee, Judith. Corresponding author: Ormsby, Bronwyn. "Revisiting cleaned acrylic emulsion painting surfaces 10 years on: observations and reflections.". Paper presented in ICOM-CC 19th Triennial Conference Preprints (Beijing). 17-21 May 2021, online event, 2021.
    Published
  3. "Damage assessment of parchment at the collagen fibril level using atomic force microscopy and mechanical testing at the macro level". Paper presented in ICOM-CC 17th Triennial Conference Preprints, Melbourne, 15–19 September 2014, Melbourne, 2014.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Eva Mariasole Angelin; Angelica Bartoletti; de Sá, Susana França; Ferreira, Joana Lia; Marisa Pamplona. Corresponding author: Eva Mariasole Angelin. "Color matters for historical plastics: the use of Fiber Optic Reflectance Spectroscopy as an innovative tool for assessing surface yellowing". Paper presented in FUTURE TALKS 021. Smart solutions in the conservation of the modern. 8-10 November 2021, online event., 2021.
  2. Marianne Odlyha; Angelica Bartoletti; Lucia N. Melita ; Alexandra Bridarolli; Laurent Bozec. Corresponding author: Marianne Odlyha. "Novel nano-formulations for improved preservation of parchment documents.". Paper presented in ICOM-CC 19th Triennial Conference Preprints (Beijing). 17-21 May 2021, online event., 2021.
  3. Ferreira, Joana Lia; Aguiar-Ricardo, Ana; Babo, Sara; Angelica Bartoletti; Casimiro, Teresa; Maria Natália Dias Soeiro Cordeiro; de Sá, Susana França; et al. Corresponding author: Ferreira, Joana Lia. "PlasCO2 - Green CO2 Technologies for the Cleaning of Plastics in Museums and Heritage Collections.". Paper presented in The Plastics Heritage Congress 2019: History, Limits and Possibilities. Lisbon, Portugal, 29-31 May 2019, 2019.
  4. Donald Sale; Angelica Bartoletti; Bozec, Laurent; Marianne Odlyha. "Towards conserving PMMA in art and design: investigating solvent impact and aging with nano thermal analysis.". Paper presented in The Plastics Heritage Congress 2019: History, Limits and Possibilities. Lisbon, Portugal, 29-31 May 2019, 2019.
  5. Alexandra Bridarolli; Marianne Odlyha; Sabina Rutkowska; Nafisa Ahmed; Angelica Bartoletti; Laurent Bozec; John Duncan; et al. Corresponding author: Alexandra Bridarolli. "Characterisation (macro to nanoscale) of the effects of novel nanoparticles-based conservation treatment of vegetable tanned leather and its long-term effects". Paper presented in ICOM Committee for Conservation. Triennial meeting, 18th, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2017, 2017.
  6. Angelica Bartoletti; Marianne Odlyha; Bozec, Laurent. "Damage assessment of parchment: a novel diagnostic approach at the nanoscale based on Atomic Force Microscopy". Paper presented in SEAHA 2015 - London 14th/15th July 2015, 2015.
  7. Angelica Bartoletti; Marianne Odlyha; Bozec, Laurent. "Damage assessment of parchment: a novel diagnostic approach at the nanoscale based on Atomic Force Microscopy". Paper presented in Microscience Microscopy Congress MMC 2015. 29 June - 2 July 2015, Manchester (UK), 2015.
  8. Angelica Bartoletti; Marianne Odlyha; Bozec, Laurent. "Damage assessment of parchment: a novel diagnostic approach at the nanoscale based on Atomic Force Microscopy and Localised Thermal Analysis". Paper presented in TECHNART 2015. 27th/30th April 2015, Catania, IT, 2015.
  9. Angelica Bartoletti; Marianne Odlyha; Bozec, Laurent. Corresponding author: Angelica Bartoletti. "A novel approach to parchment damage assessment at the nanoscale". Paper presented in Microscience Microscopy Congress MMC 2014. 1st/3rd July 2014, Manchester (UK), 2014.
Journal article
  1. Angelica Bartoletti; Laurent Bozec; Marianne Odlyha. Corresponding author: Angelica Bartoletti. "Insights from the NANOforArt project: application of calcium-based nanoparticle dispersions for improved preservation of parchment documents". Restaurator. International Journal for the Preservation of Library and Archival Material (2022): https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/rest/html?lang=en.
    Under revision
  2. Angelova, Lora V.; Gates Sofer; Angelica Bartoletti; Ormsby, Bronwyn. Corresponding author: Angelova, Lora V.. "Comparative surface cleaning study of an Op Art PMMA sculpture by Michael Dillon". Journal of the American Institute for Conservation (2022):
    In press
  3. Bartoletti, Angelica; Maor, Tamar; Chelazzi, David; Bonelli, Nicole; Baglioni, Piero; Angelova, Lora V.; Ormsby, Bronwyn A.. "Facilitating the conservation treatment of Eva Hesse’s Addendum through practice-based research, including a comparative evaluation of novel cleaning systems". Heritage Science 8 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40494-020-00378-z.
    Published • 10.1186/s40494-020-00378-z
  4. Bartoletti, Angelica; Barker, Rachel; Chelazzi, David; Bonelli, Nicole; Baglioni, Piero; Lee, Judith; Angelova, Lora V.; Ormsby, Bronwyn. "Reviving WHAAM! a comparative evaluation of cleaning systems for the conservation treatment of Roy Lichtenstein’s iconic painting". Heritage Science 8 1 (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40494-020-0350-2.
    Published • 10.1186/s40494-020-0350-2
  5. Maor, Tamar; Angelica Bartoletti; Ormsby, Bronwyn. Corresponding author: Maor, Tamar. "Insight into Eva Hesse’s working practice: a technical study of Addendum". Tate Papers, no 33, Spring 2020. (2020):
    Published
  6. Bartoletti, A; Odlyha, M; Hudziak, S; Axelsson, K Mühlen; de Groot, J; Bozec, L. Corresponding author: Bartoletti, A. "Visibilia ex invisibilibus: seeing at the nanoscale for improved preservation of parchment". Insight - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring 59 5 (2017): 265-272. http://dx.doi.org/10.1784/insi.2017.59.5.265.
    Published • 10.1784/insi.2017.59.5.265
  7. Baglioni, Michele; Bartoletti, Angelica; Bozec, Laurent; Chelazzi, David; Giorgi, Rodorico; Odlyha, Marianne; Pianorsi, Diletta; Poggi, Giovanna; Baglioni, Piero. "Nanomaterials for the cleaning and pH adjustment of vegetable-tanned leather". Applied Physics A 122 2 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00339-015-9553-x.
    Published • 10.1007/s00339-015-9553-x
Online resource
  1. Blog updates on the progress of the NANORESTART project at Tate, written in collaborations with other project team members. 2017. https://www.tate.org.uk/about-us/projects/nanorestart.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Nanometrology for damage assessment and preservation of parchment". PhD, University College London, 2017.
  2. "Deacidification and redox treatment applied to paper artworks: dispute among conservators". Master, Università degli Studi di Firenze, 2011.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/11/09 Exploring conservation options for a pair of foam-based goalkeeper gloves belonging to Museu Benfica - Cosme Damião FUTURE TALKS 021. Smart solutions in the conservation of the modern. 8-10 November 2021, online event.
Die Neue Sammlung | Design Museum
2021/06/04 How I met Conservation Science (invited shotgun presentation) The C Factor - Connecting the Conservation Community
NOVA University of Lisbon (Lisboa, Portugal)
2020/11 Sustainable strategies using supercritical carbon dioxide for the conservation of plastics: insight from the PlasCO2 project. Plastic in Peril Virtual Conference. 16-19 November 2020 - Oral presentation
Leibniz Association and the University of Cambridge Museums
2018/07/03 Exploring the challenges of a sensitive oil - Magna passage in Lichtenstein’s painting Whaam!. Cleaning Modern Oil Paints (CMOP) symposium.
Tate (London, United Kingdom)
2018/06/08 NANORESTART Project at Tate: Conserving Eva Hesse Addendum NANOSISTEMAS. Aplicación en la eliminación de cintas adhesivas en soporte celulósico workshop
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Madrid, Spain)
2018 Eva Hesse Addendum: Exploring Materiality and Emerging Technologies AIC's 46th Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, 29th May - 2nd June 2018
(Houston, United States)
2017 Visibilia ex invisibilibus: Seeing at the nanoscale to preserve cultural heritage Under the Skin: Studies in Parchment, 2nd Parchment conservation workshop - Icon Book & Paper Group - The National Archives, Kew. 19th/22nd October 2017
The National Archives, Kew (London, United Kingdom)
2016/05/23 Controlled Environment Dielectric Analysis of nanoparticle treated collagen-based materials, parchment and vegetable-tanned leather 11th International Conference on Electromagnetic Wave Interaction with Water and Moist Substances (ISEMA 2016), 23th/27th May 2016
(Florence, Italy)
2016 Assessing parchment degradation at the nanoscale and the use of calcium-based nanoparticles for conservation Parchment conservation workshop - Icon Book & Paper Group - Cambridge 22nd/24th March 2016
Cambridge Corpus Christi (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
2015 Nanoparticle-based conservation treatment of cellulose and collagen-based materials TECHNART 2015 - Catania 27th/30th April 2015
(Catania, Italy)
2013/12 Characterisation of Parchment: structure and damage at the nanoscale Nanomaterials for the conservation and preservation of movable and immovable artworks workshop - 5th December 2013
University of Pardubice, Litomyšl (Czech Republic)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018 - 2019 Member of the Organizing Committee for two workshops for Tate's conservators on the latest cleaning products developed for modern and contemporary art within the NANORESTART project. (2018 - 2019)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Tate, United Kingdom

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2021/09/21 - 2021/09/24 Dall'Imaging alle Tecniche Puntuali. Scuola di Spettroscopia UV-Vis-NIR, Imaging Multibanda e Iperspettrale per Applicazioni nei Beni Culturali - virtual workshop
Scuola di Alta Formazione - Centro Conservazione e Restauro “La Venaria Reale”, Italy
2021/03/01 - 2021/03/05 "Coding" Historical Papers: Identifying Sameness and Difference in Watermarks, Chain Lines, and Laid Lines - virtual workshop led by Margaret Holben Ellis, C. Richard Johnson, Jr, and William A. Sethares
Seminar
American Institute for Conservation, United States
2020/08/14 - 2020/08/14 XRF Boot Camp for Conservators - virtual workshop
Workshop
American Institute for Conservation, United States
2019/01 - 2019/04 Introduction to Art Law
Seminar
Sotheby's Institute of Art, United Kingdom
2018/04/30 - 2018/05/01 The Removal of Pressure Sensitive Tape from Works of Art on Paper.
Tate, United Kingdom
2017/10/19 - 2017/10/22 Under the Skin: Studies in Parchment
Symposium
Icon Book & Paper Group/ The National Archives, Kew, United Kingdom
2017/10/09 - 2017/10/13 The Modular Cleaning Program for Cleaning Painted Surfaces
Workshop
International Academic Projects Ltd (IAP) & Tate, United Kingdom
2016/03/22 - 2016/03/24 Parchment Conservation Workshop
Workshop
Icon Book & Paper Group & Corpus Christi College (Cambridge, U.K.), United Kingdom
2016/01/27 - 2016/01/30 Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) for Cultural Heritage
Workshop
Gruppo Italiano dell’International Institute for Conservation (IGIIC), Italy
2015/05/10 - 2015/05/10 X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (XRF) for books and manuscripts
Workshop
Icon Book & Paper Group & Victoria & Albert Museum, United Kingdom
2005/09 - 2005/09 Papyrus conservation (theoretical discussion and practical application)
Istituto Papirologico Girolamo Vitelli, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Italy

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2021/05 - Current Heritage Science (2050-7445) Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
2021/05 - Current Heritage (2571-9408) MDPI
2020 - Current Studies in Conservation (2047-0584) Maney Publishing

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2018/03 - 2018/09 Co-supervising painting conservation student intern from the University of Oslo Odd Erlend Lundsbakken
Distinctions

Award

2014 Best Poster Prize at The Microscience Microscopy Congress 2014, (MMC 2014) Manchester - UK