Halp! I am in a research quandary

[ratherastory]

Does anyone know of good books and/or resources that would explain the technical aspects of the preservation and, more importantly, the restoration of art works? More specifically paintings, but I am not especially picky about the medium if it comes down to it.

I am trying to write a story and realized that my plot kind of hinges on my understanding the ins and outs of how to restore paintings, which I emphatically do not. In fact, this is so far out of my league I don't even know where to start. /o\

Halp? Anyone? Bueller?

Comments

[rbmi-fan.livejournal.com]

You could always have your preservation specialist murdered for completely unrelated reasons that don't become clear until later. Which probably won't actually help you *is unhelpful*

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I still need there to be an art restoration aspect to the mystery. It might end up being a red herring, but I still need to know what I'm writing about. :)