A Colour Analysis on the Brancacci Chapel Frescoes

Bacci, Mauro; Baldini, Francesco; Carla, Roberto; Linari, R.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-7506-0237-2.50089-7

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“…FORS positively identified iron-based pigments in almost all the tombs whereas Raman spectra acquired on Palmettes, T12, T20, T21, T76, T110 red and pink layers showed the bands at ca. 410, 498 and 612 cm -1 imputable to hematite pigment (Fe 2 O 3 ) according to literature [43][44][45].…”

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The Tomb of the Diver and the frescoed tombs in Paestum (southern Italy): New insights from a comparative archaeometric study

Alberghina¹,

Germinario

Bartolozzi

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The Tomb of the Diver has been subject for many decades of fierce debate among archaeologists and classicists. Since its discovery in 1968, some scholars have considered it a unique example of the lost tradition of Greek painting, others have emphasized Etruscan or Italic parallels. More recently, a possible local production has been suggested. With the aim of trying to solve the archaeological question, an archaeometric comparison among this well-known artwork and several frescoed tombs coming from Hellenistic and Lucan necropolis was carried out. The multi-analytical study was focused on the identification of peculiar features of executive techniques and raw materials since the first period of the archaeological site. The analytical investigation has been preliminary based on a non-destructive approach, performed in-situ by portable equipment including imaging diagnostics and compositional spectroscopic techniques for identifying pigments and the conservation state of original painted surface; subsequently, a further deepening by using destructive techniques was performed in-lab for the mortar-based supports characterization. Archaeometric study suggested that technological choices slightly changed in a time span of about two centuries, highlighting important markers that allow clustering the contemporary artistic productions.

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Section: Plos Onementioning

confidence: 99%

The Tomb of the Diver and the frescoed tombs in Paestum (southern Italy): New insights from a comparative archaeometric study

Alberghina¹,

Germinario

Bartolozzi

et al. 2020

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“…Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy can be used to produce characteristic spectra of pigments [Arbizzani et al, 2004;Bacci, 2000;Bacci et al, 1991;Bacci and Piccolo, 1996;Billmeyer et al, 1981;Goltz et al, 2003;Miliani et al, 1998;Orlando et al, 1995;van der Weerd et al, 2003]. Reflectance techniques have proved particularly useful for studying paint pigments.…”

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“…Reflectance techniques have proved particularly useful for studying paint pigments. Reflectance UV-visible spectroscopy has been used to compare the spectra of pure pigments with those used in frescoes at the Brancacci Chapel in Florence [Bacci et al, 1991]. The presence of soot, the yellowing of varnish and the particle size can all affect the position and shape of reflectance bands.…”

Section: Paintingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Molecular Spectroscopy

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Analytical Techniques in Materials Conservation

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“…FORS has been applied for industrial purposes since the early seventies, while their first application to the field of works of art was made at the National Gallery in the late seventies (Bullock, 1978) and successively during the restoration works in the Brancacci Chapel, Chiesa del Carmine, Florence, Italy (Bacci et al, 1991) and at the Victoria and Albert Museum (Martin and Pretzel, 1991). So far this technique has not been extensively applied to studies of historical and archaeological glass materials as well as ancient stained windows.…”

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confidence: 99%