Ancient Pigments Analysis
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English: A late-Hellenistic production site was found at the eastern stoa of the agora of Kos. The presence of destroyed fire-structures indicates pyrotechnological processes, related to pigment manufacture and metallurgy. Pigment... more
Paintings and painted surfaces are considered to be extremely complex due to their multitude of materials and thus form the basis for particularly intricate Cultural Heritage studies. The combination of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)... more
This paper presents the study of selected painted fragments from different contexts of Ostia Antica city, dating between 2nd century BCE and the end of the 1st century CE. The aim is to identify the raw materials used and to understand... more
"The megalithic tomb at Montelirio is off the scale in more ways than one. As well as being the largest example of its type known in Spain, the burial goods secreted in its subterranean chambers are unsurpassed in both quantity and... more
Background: The important trecento Florentine artist Giotto (c. 1266-1337) is renowned for his naturalistic and realistic works in tempera and fresco. His innovative paintng style involved painting expressive, emotive faces and use of... more
Daub is non-fired clay that is applied to house structures in the southern Midwest and Southeast of the United States by Pre-Contact peoples of the Americas. It is often imagined as mud-brown, or the color of most clay in these... more
Two Byzantine VI century manuscripts known as Vienna Dioskurides and Vienna Genesis, held in the Austrian National Library at Vienna, were analysed with in situ non-invasive techniques. Raman spectroscopy, UV–Vis diffuse reflectance... more
The current study is the first comprehensive investigation of the polychromy of Palmyrene funerary portraits. It presents the technical examinations of six portraits (ca. 150–250 CE) from the collection of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek,... more
This paper presents the preliminary results of the examinations on a series of wall painting fragments from housing contexts in Roman Aquileia. Almost none of these fragments has been found in situ but, according to stylistic features and... more
The characterisation of palettes used in manuscript illumination is a hard analytical task, due to value and fragility of the analysed items. Analysis on miniatures must be necessarily non-invasive and fast and requires the use of several... more
Raman spectroscopy is a chemical characterisation method in identifying painting pigments. The determination of pigments on paintings is essential for understanding artist’s techniques. There is no comparative study of Turkish artists... more
In the small mountain hamlet of Ala di Stura (Piedmont, Lanzo Valleys), a large but relatively unknown artistic heritage is present, made of 110 mural paintings divided among meridians and paintings with religious themes. These artworks... more
Comprehensive technical examination of an early to mid-2nd century A.D. mummy portrait.
Капова пещера (Шульган-Таш) располагается на Южном Урале в Бурзянском р-не Республики Башкортостан на территории Государственного природного заповедника “Шульган-Таш” на расстоянии порядка 200 км от Уфы. В 1959 г. в пещере открыты... more
Pittura parietale, tecnica di esecuzione, pigmenti, convenzioni nell'uso del colore e sua simbologia.
El yacimiento de Can Tacó-Turó d’en Roïna es un enclave romano de carácter político-militar situado estratégicamente en una pequeña colina desde la cual se controlaba la Vía Hercúlea (después denominada Vía Augusta). El castellum fue... more
L’avvio nel 2014 del progetto ‘Morgantina a colori’ ha dato sin da subito risultati interessanti, fornendo parecchi spunti per la comprensione e conoscenza di un argomento - la policromia nell’arte greca - finora mai oggetto di interesse... more
Pigments from paint palettes and a grindstone excavated from the pharaonic town of Amara West (c. 1300–1050 BCE), which lies between the Second and Third Cataracts of the Nile, were examined using polarized light microscopy, attenuated... more
In this study, several wall painting fragments discovered in the Roman baths from the archeological site Alburnus Maior (Roşia Montană, Romania) were analyzed with the aim to investigate the material composition of both plasters and... more
Changes in the formulation of pigments and paint binders and the presence of additives used in the history of painting can complicate the interpretation of analytical data and may influence the characterization of the materials used in... more
RESUMEN Se describe la aplicación de la técnica fotográfica VIL (VIS-induced luminescence) a una serie de superficies pintadas de época romana con el fin de detectar la presencia o no del pigmento azul egipcio. Las piezas objeto de... more
Multispectral imaging cameras are frequently used in art conservation for identifying pigments, as well as for monitoring change in pigments over time. Multispectral cameras take multiple images at 370nm, 448nm, 476nm, 499nm, 519nm,... more
Mural painting, mosaics and marble veneers are considered to be a perfectly Roman contribution, a factor even of romanisation in the Alpine regions and north of the Alps, as early as the Roman conquest. The floors and walls of houses and... more
Este trabajo trata sobre la primera aplicación del análisis mediante fluorescencia de rayos X por dispersión de energías (EDXRF) al estudio de pinturas murales de época romana en Cataluña. En el estudio, han sido analizados varios... more
Known synthesis approaches for basic copper(II) acetates, the main components of historic verdrigis pigments were reinvestigated and revealed to be partially irreproducible. A modification of the reaction conditions led to the successful... more
Cet article tente d’esquisser une synthèse sur la peinture d’Ostie de la deuxième moitié du Ier siècle ap. J.-C., qui correspondent au quatrième style soi-disant « pompéien ». Cinq contextes d’enduits in situ et fragmentaires sont mis en... more
Among the materials coming from the excavation of the Museo Egizio of Torino there is a series of funerary masks of Roman period realized by a “cartonnage” techniques. These materials needed a conservation and rebuilding process due to... more
The potential of laser cleaning for paintings as an alternative to traditional cleaning methods has been recognized, and studies using industrial laser equipment have shown some potential. Irradiation at a wavelength of 248 nm has shown... more
The painted decorations of Ostian insulae are known by all for their excellent preservation state and for the importance they represent as one of the only testimonies of Ancient wall Painting from the 2nd to the 5th c. AD. However, it is... more
Co-authored with Robyn Price and Hans Barnard. It is rare that researchers in the analysis of ancient materials explicitly address the procedural concerns necessary for working with both destructive and non-destructive methods. The... more
This work concerns the characterisation of a set of wall painting and stucco fragments collected during a rescue excavation carried out in 2013 by the Soprintendenza Archeologica in the Monte d’Oro area (Rome). Due to the contextless... more