Science and Art

The Painted Surface
Herausgeber: Sgamellotti, Antonio; Miliani, Costanza; Brunetti, Brunetto Giovanni

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Produktbeschreibung

A series of case studies to show how the cooperation between science and humanities can lead to the developments in knowledge and conservation of paintings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Seitenzahl: 644
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 165mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 1134g
• ISBN-13: 9781849738187
• ISBN-10: 1849738181
• Artikelnr.: 40704665

Autorenporträt

Antonio Sgamellotti is an Academician of Lincei and Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Perugia. He is also Co-founder of the Center of Excellence SMAArt (Scientific Methodologies applied to Archaeology and Art). His research interests include advanced computations on chemistry, electronic and structural properties of molecules and inorganic materials, spectroscopic properties and characterization of archaeological and art-historical artefacts. Brunetto Giovanni Brunetti is a Full Professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Perugia. He is also the coordinator for the European project CHARISMA (Cultural Heritage Advanced Research Infrastructures: Synergy for a Multidisciplinary Approach to Conservation/Restoration) and President of the Center of Excellence SMAArt (Scientific Methodologies applied to Archaeology and Art). Costanza Miliani is a researcher at the CNR Institute of Molecular Science and Technology (CNR-ISTM) and coordinator of the mobile laboratory MOLAB of the CHARISMA project. His research interests include non-invasive spectroscopic techniques for in-situ investigations on cultural heritage.

Inhaltsangabe

Science and Art - My Two Passions; Study and Laser Uncovering of Hypogean
Early Christian Wall Painting of Roma's Catacombs of Santa Tecla and
Domitilla; Scientific Examination for the Investigation and Conservation of
Far East Asian Mural Paintings; Maya Mural Paintings in Calakmul: Pictorial
Technique and Conservation; The Colours of Indigenous Memory: Non-Invasive
Analyses of Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican Codices; Material Study of the Codex
Colombino; Unveiling the Artistic Technique of the Florentine Codex: When
the Old World and The New World Met; Colour In Medieval Portuguese
Manuscripts: Between Beauty and Meaning; The Wall Paintings of the
Monumental Cemetery of Pisa: The War, the Restoration, the Conservation;The
Chemistry and Chemical Investigation of the Transition from Egg Tempera
Painting To Oil In Italy In The 15th Century; Multi-Criterial Studies of
The Masterpiece 'The Last Judgement', A Triptych Attributed To Hans
Memling, At The National Museum of Gdansk (2010-2013); Science and
Conservation the Florentine O.P.D. and Raphael's Madonna of The Goldfinch;
Underdrawing In the Renaissance Paintings; An Integrated Approach To The
Study and Preservation of Paintings Using Laser Light Technology;
Diagnosis, Analysis and Cleaning; « Mens Agitat Molem »: New Insights into
Nicolas Poussin's Painting Technique by X-Ray Diffraction and Fluorescence
Analyses; Japanese Painting of the Eighteen Century; As Time Passed By Came
Sunset. Christen Købke's View of Lake Sortedam, Its Genesis and Colour
Changes; Examination of Vincent Van Gogh's Paintings and Pigments by Means
of State-of-The-Art Analytical Methods; A Vibrant Surface: Investigating
Color, Texture and Transparency in Winslow Homer's Watercolors; After The
Fact; Evaluating Our Interdisciplinary Study of Mondrian's Victory Boogie
Woogie; Argentinean Murals: Conservation and Characterization of Pictorial
Techniques; Material and Technical Studies of Some Paintings by Candido
Portinari, A Major Brazilian Modernist Painter; Modern Painted Palimpsests.
Deciphering the Artworks of Osvaldo Licini; The Burri Project: Researches
for Technique and Conservation; John Hoyland: A British Master of Acrylic
Painting; Outdoor Painted Surfaces in Contemporary Art; The Elusive and
Transitory Materials in Contemporary Drawings;