Historic Pigments and Binding Mediums
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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
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
En els darrers anys una sèrie d’estudis han intentat esbrinar, amb major o menor dificultat, com era el procés d’aprenentatge de l’artista romànic, quins eren els seus mètodes de treball i, finalment, quin era el seu estatus social. Amb... more
Recognized around the world, the distinctive black, red and blue or green designs created by the Haida and Tlingit of the Northwest Coast of North America are iconographic of these cultures (fig. 1). As important and informative as the... more
This paper aims to offer a a broad view of trade in painters’ materials in the Spanish peninsula in the sixteenth century, from their production to their import and export. Factors such as their being documented in archival sources or... more
Since the 'rediscovery' of the Selden map of China, an early seventeenth century map of Asia, in the Bodleian Library in Oxford, the importance of the map in our understanding of globalisation in the early seventeenth century has been... 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
Egg tempera is a painting technique that was used by great artists through the centuries as it gives great plasticity and color brilliance to whichever artwork is used. Pigments can be natural or synthetic, inorganic and organic, grounded... more
This study concerns the investigation of mortar layers and pigments of wall paintings from the Roman town of Emona (Ljubljana, Slovenia). Fragments of wall paintings consist of up to three preserved mortar layers. The... 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