Analytical chemistry in the field of cultural heritage

Madariaga, Juan Manuel

doi:10.1039/c5ay00072f

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“…Since the integrity of works of art and heritage objects is of a paramount concern, various physico-chemical analytical techniques have been adapted for non-destructive characterization (Madariaga 2015). These are, among others, X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy (Guilherme et al 2008), Raman spectrometry (Bellot-Gurlet et al 2006), Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) (Pradell et al 2006) and multispectral imaging (Cosentino 2014).…”

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Non-destructive in situ analysis of polychromy on ancient Cypriot sculptures

Gasanova

Pagès-Camagna

Andrioti

et al. 2016

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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The study focuses on the characterization of polychromy on limestone sculptures from Cyprus, attributed to the Cypro-Archaic-end of the Hellenistic periods. Polychromy components were identified by integrating digital microscopy, imaging under ultraviolet (UV) light, visible-induced luminescence (VIL), X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) and fibre optics reflectance spectroscopy (FORS). Data acquisition was performed directly in exhibition rooms at the Cyprus Museum (Nicosia) and the Paphos District Archaeological Museum (Paphos). Among the identified materials, there are iron-containing (red, yellow, green) and copper-containing (green and blue) pigments. The precision of pigment identification by non-destructive techniques is discussed, and specific pigment names are proposed: red iron oxide, yellow iron oxide-hydroxide, green earth and Egyptian blue. Interesting results were obtained by VIL, which allowed identifying traces of Egyptian blue otherwise undetectable with the naked eye. Complementary, this study discusses advantages and problems of combined and separate use of portable XRF and FORS, raising the question of their complementarity and interchangeability for the purposes of pigment identification.

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Non-destructive in situ analysis of polychromy on ancient Cypriot sculptures

Gasanova

Pagès-Camagna

Andrioti

et al. 2016

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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“…According to the review or book aim, author background or specialities, it will focus on, or highlight, various aspects of the numerous facets of heritage systems or studies (for examples: Pollard and Heron 2008;Colombini and Modugno 2009;Casadio and Van Duyne 2013;Bradley 2006, 2007;Edwards and Vandenabeele 2012;Madariaga 2015;Dillmann and Bellot-Gurlet 2014).…”

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From Archaeological Sites to Nanoscale: The Quest of Tailored Analytical Strategy and Modelling

Bellot‐Gurlet

Dillmann

Neff

2016

Nanoscience and Cultural Heritage

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Last developments of nano probes allows scientists of Cultural Heritage to assess a new kind of information that is crucial in the different topics concerned by the field: determining ancient manufacturing processes, studying use and provenance of ancient artefacts, revealing the degradation processes and developing adapted cleaning and conservation treatments. Nevertheless to be useful, these nanoscale approaches must be integrated in a tailored multi-step analysis. The final aim of these approaches will be to reach understanding and/or reliable modelling of the behaviours of the ancient systems. A first part of this chapter will review the issues in Cultural Heritage and the nature of the physico-chemical data that can be collected on the systems. In a second part, a selection of examples dealing with nano characterisation in Cultural Heritage will allow us to present several up to date techniques and methodologies employed in Cultural Heritage science. Then, the third part of the chapter will review some of the different modelling attempts that where already made in the domain of Cultural Heritage, and that were based on the use of physico-chemical descriptions at different scales. The challenge for the next future will be, for different kind of materials and environments, to propose multiscale models from nano to functional scale. Some key steps to face these challenges bridging the gap between multiscale descriptive characterisation and numerical modelling are reviewed here.L. Bellot-Gurlet MONARIS "de la Molécule aux Nano-objets: Réactivité, Interactions et Spectroscopies", UMR 8233,

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“…Forthe first time,these biosensors are used for the on-site analysis of historical materials,n amely the identification of ovalbumin and collagen in micro-extracts obtained from 0.5 mg of paint samples.A lthough sampling may damage the object and the sample itself may not be representative of an entire work of art, [17] the high complexity of the artworks often requires the use of micro-invasive and sensitive techniques for the complete identification of materials and degradation products.I no ur approach only av ery small sample (collected directly by expert conservators) is required. Forthe first time,these biosensors are used for the on-site analysis of historical materials,n amely the identification of ovalbumin and collagen in micro-extracts obtained from 0.5 mg of paint samples.A lthough sampling may damage the object and the sample itself may not be representative of an entire work of art, [17] the high complexity of the artworks often requires the use of micro-invasive and sensitive techniques for the complete identification of materials and degradation products.I no ur approach only av ery small sample (collected directly by expert conservators) is required.…”

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