Take a closer look at the materials and techniques used to create select works from the special exhibition "Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment." Conservation experts and curators delicately outline the physical properties of the objects discussed and explain how their materiality brings the works to life. #daretoknow In this installment, Penley Knipe, Senior Conservator of Works of Art on Paper and Head of Paper Lab, explores a book of effervescent colorful fish prints, illustrated by the father-son team, François Nicolas Martinet and Aaron Martinet. The pages maintain their color vibrancy due to being in a bound volume, and also being delicately protected by extra translucent sheets. TAKE A CLOSER LOOK: + Explore the Special Exhibition: https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/daretoknow + Printed Illustrations by François Nicolas Martinet and Aaron Martinet, in Edme-Louis Billardon de Sauvigny's "Histoire naturelle des dorades de la Chine" (Natural History of Chinese Goldfish), 1780. Ernst Mayr Library, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30058#page/69/mode/1up SPEAKER: Penley Knipe, Senior Conservator of Works of Art on Paper and Head of Paper Lab, Staus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at the Harvard Art Museums. --- All images and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and this channel does not claim any right over them. Copyright Disclaimer: Any use of copyrighted content on this channel constitutes “fair use” pursuant to 17 U.S. Code § 107 as it is utilized for the purpose of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Music: Calisson | Minimal. © Blue Dot Sessions. Video: © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Videography: John Neely. For questions related to permission for commercial use of this video, please contact the Department of Digital Imaging and Visual Resources at am_divr@harvard.edu. #daretoknow #exhibition #harvardartmuseums