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ATR-FTIR microscopy in map** mode for the study of verdigris and its secondary products
To study degradation processes occurring on painting materials, the use of high-resolution micro-analytical techniques is highly requested since it provides a detailed identification and localisation of both ...
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2D X-ray and FTIR micro-analysis of the degradation of cadmium yellow pigment in paintings of Henri Matisse
The chemical and physical alterations of cadmium yellow (CdS) paints in Henri Matisse’s The Joy of Life (1905–1906, The Barnes Foundation) have been recognized since 2006, when a survey by portable X-ray fluoresc...
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The organic materials in the Five Northern Provinces’ Assembly Hall: disclosing the painting technique of the Qing dynasty painters in civil buildings
The beiwusheng huiguan (‘Meeting hall of the Five Northern Dynasties’) is a building complex from the Qing dynasty (1636–1912 ad) located in Wafangdian, near Ziyang, in the south of the Chinese Province of Shaan...
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New insight on the in situ crystallization of calcium antimonate opacified glass during the Roman period
Glass is usually opacified by small crystalline particles, called opacifiers, dispersed in the translucent vitreous matrix. To understand the glassmaking conditions used to produce calcium antimonate opacified...
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Synthesis of calcium antimonate nano-crystals by the 18th dynasty Egyptian glassmakers
During the 18th Egyptian dynasty (1570–1292 B.C.), opaque white, blue and turquoise glasses were opacified by calcium antimonate crystals dispersed in a vitreous matrix. The technological processes as well as ...
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Insights into the varnishes of historical musical instruments using synchrotron micro-analytical methods
Though ancient violins and other stringed instruments are often revered for the beauty of their varnishes, the varnishing techniques are not much known. In particular, very few detailed varnish analyses have b...
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Polychrome glass from Etruscan sites: first non-destructive characterization with synchrotron μ-XRF, μ-XANES and XRPD
This work is devoted to the characterization of a suite of very rare, highly decorated and coloured glass vessels and beads from the VII to the IV century BC. The most serious difficulty in develo** this stu...
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Weathering of gilding decorations investigated by SR: development and distribution of calcium oxalates in the case of Sant Benet de Bages (Barcelona, Spain)
In this paper seventeenth century gilded paintings from the crypt of Sant Benet de Bages, a medieval monastery in the Catalonia region of Spain, near Barcelona, have been studied. Cross sections from two diffe...
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Micro-analytical study of interactions between oil and lead compounds in paintings
Oil paintings are complex hybrid materials, made of organic binders associated with inorganic minerals, susceptible to evolving over centuries. In particular, interactions of oil with lead compounds may give r...