Art and Cultural Heritage Research

Acabou de ser publicado um número temático da revista X-Ray Spectrometry, intitulado “Art and Cultural Heritage Research”, com coordenação de Luísa Carvalho. Trata-se do volume 37, n.º 4, de 2008, e publica algumas das comunicações apresentadas no encontro TECHNART2007, que decorreu em Lisboa há cerca de um ano.

Índice:

• Maurizio Aceto, Angelo Agostino, Enrico Boccaleri, Anna Cerutti Garlanda, The Vercelli Gospels laid open: an investigation into the inks used to write the oldest Gospels in Latin, pp. 286-292

• M. Olivares, N. Etxebarria, G. Arana, K. Castro, X. Murelaga, A. Berreteaga, Multielement µ-ED-XRF analysis of vertebrate fossil bones, pp. 293-297

• Ricardo Henrique Moreton Godoi, Sanja Potgieter-Vermaak, Ana Flavia Locateli Godoi, Marianne Stranger, Rene Van Grieken, Assessment of aerosol particles within the Rubens' House Museum in Antwerp, Belgium, pp. 298-303

• F.-P. Hocquet, H.-P. Garnir, A. Marchal, M. Clar, C. Oger, D. Strivay, A remote controlled XRF system for field analysis of cultural heritage objects, pp. 304-308

• Roberto Cesareo, Antonio Brunetti, Stefano Ridolfi, Pigment layers and precious metal sheets by energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence analysis, pp. 309-316

• Maria Filomena Guerra, An overview on the ancient goldsmith's skill and the circulation of gold in the past: the role of x-ray based techniques, pp. 317-327

• M. Gil, M. L. Carvalho, A. Seruya, I. Ribeiro, P. Alves, A. Guilherme, A. Cavaco, J. Mirão, A. Candeias, Pigment characterization and state of conservation of an 18th century fresco in the Convent of S. António dos Capuchos (Estremoz), pp. 328-337

• Rui Borges, Isabel Tissot, Ana Isabel Seruya, Rui J. C. Silva, Sara Fragoso, Belmira Maduro, Alexandre Pais, Gilding and silvering surface decoration techniques, and copper provenance studies of the tomb of D. Afonso of Portugal (15th century), pp. 338-345

• J. Sanjurjo Sánchez, J. R. Vidal Romaní, D. Fernández Mosquera, C. A. Alves, Study of origin and composition of coatings in a monument built with granitic rocks, by SEM, XRD, XRF and DTA-TGA, pp. 346-354

• Kriznar, M. V. Muñoz, F. de la Paz, M. A. Respaldiza, M. Vega, Pigment identification using x-ray fluorescence in a polychromated sculpture by Pedro Millán, pp. 355-359

• Kriznar, A. Ruiz-Conde, P. J. Sánchez-Soto, Microanalysis of Gothic mural paintings (15th century) in Slovenia: Investigation of the technique used by the Masters, pp. 360-369

• L. Pappalardo, G. Pappalardo, F. Amorini, M. G. Branciforti, F. P. Romano, J. de Sanoit, F. Rizzo, E. Scafiri, A. Taormina, G. Gatto Rotondo, The complementary use of PIXE-alpha and XRD non-destructive portable systems for the quantitative analysis of painted surfaces, pp. 370-375

• David Hradil, Janka Hradilová, Bezdi&ccaron, Petr ka, Silvie Scaronvarcová, Provenance study of Gothic paintings from North-East Slovakia by handheld x-ray fluorescence, microscopy and x-ray microdiffraction, pp. 376-382

• Y. De Witte, V. Cnudde, K. Pieters, B. Masschaele, M. Dierick, J. Vlassenbroeck, L. Van Hoorebeke, P. Jacobs, X-ray micro-CT applied to natural building materials and art objects, pp. 383-387

• Letizia Bonizzoni, Anna Galli, Gianluca Poldi, In situ EDXRF analyses on Renaissance plaquettes and indoor bronzes patina problems and provenance clues, pp. 388-394

• G. Cavallo, R. Zorzin, Preliminary data on the yellow ochers at the mine of Via Tirapelle in Verona (Italy), pp. 395-398

• Anna Karatzani, Study and analytical investigation of metal threads from Byzantine/Greek ecclesiastical textiles, pp. 410-417

• Gianoncelli, J. Castaing, L. Ortega, E. Dooryhée, J. Salomon, P. Walter, J.-L. Hodeau, P. Bordet, A portable instrument for in situ determination of the chemical and phase compositions of cultural heritage objects, pp. 418-423

• E. Chalmin, E. Sansot, G. Orial, F. Bousta, I. Reiche, Microanalysis and synthesis of calcite. Growth mechanisms on prehistoric paintings in the Large Cave, Arcy-sur-Cure (Yonne, France), pp. 424-434

• E. T. Delegou, N. P. Avdelidis, E. Karaviti, A. Moropoulou, NDT&E techniques and SEM-EDS for the assessment of cleaning interventions on Pentelic marble surfaces, pp. 435-443

• Guilherme, A. Cavaco, S. Pessanha, M. Costa, M. L. Carvalho, Comparison of portable and stationary x-ray fluorescence spectrometers in the study of ancient metallic artefacts, pp. 444-449

• K. Uhlir, M. Griesser, G. Buzanich, P. Wobrauschek, C. Streli, D. Wegrzynek, A. Markowicz, E. Chinea-Cano, Applications of a new portable (micro) XRF instrument having low-Z elements determination capability in the field of works of art, pp. 450-457

• J. P. Veiga, M. O. Figueiredo, A XANES study on the structural role of zinc in ancient tile glazes of Portuguese origin, pp. 458-461

• Beckhoff, M. Kolbe, O. Hahn, A. G. Karydas, Ch. Zarkadas, D. Sokaras, M. Mantler, Reference-free x-ray fluorescence analysis of an ancient Chinese ceramic, pp. 462-465

• L. Pappalardo, M. Bicchieri, M. Nardone, G. Pappalardo, F. P. Romano, P. A. Russo, A. Sodo, The LNS portable PIXE-alpha system for the examination of gold preparations in the Salerno 492 code miniatures, pp. 466-469

Os artigos estão disponíveis aqui (acesso condicionado).

Conservação e Restauro no Instituto Politécnico de Tomar

Estão a decorrer as candidaturas para os cursos de 1.º e 2.º ciclo de Conservação e Restauro do Instituto Politécnico de Tomar.

Mais informações:

• Licenciatura em Conservação e Restauro:
  http://www.estt.ipt.pt/default.asp?s=6&t=1&n=17

• Mestrado em Conservação e Restauro:
  http://portal.ipt.pt/portal/portal/mestradoConserRest

Technè, n.º 26, 2007

Foi há pouco publicado o 2.º número de 2007 da revista Technè. É dedicado a “La couleur des peintres”.

Índice:

• Christiane Naffah, Encore la couleur? Éditorial, p. 2

• Michel Blay, Michel Menu, La couleur des peintres. Introduction, p. 5

• Romain Thomas, Couleur, lumière, matière: une contribution à l'étude de la couleur dans l'oeuvre de Grünewald, p. 7

• Jacques Bouveresse, Goethe et Lichtenberg: le bleu du ciel, les ombres colorées et la nature de la couleur, p. 20

• Élisabeth Décultot, La sphère de couleurs de Philipp Otto Runge, p. 37

• Maurice Élie, Couleur et nature: Franz Marc et Paul Klee, p. 44

• Michel Blay, Mouvement, vitesse et couleur au commencement du XXe siècle, p. 50

• Michel Menu, Fernand Léger et la bataille de la couleur, p. 59

• Nadia Podzemskaia, Kandinsky et l'enseignement de Bücklin sur la couleur, p. 67

• Georges Roque, De l'atteinte au pigment, p. 74

• Marie Renoue, Soulages: couleurs et lumières du noir, p. 81

• Clotilde Boust, Cécile Dazord, Michel Menu, La couleur contemporaine. Entretiens avec François Perrodin et Bernard Frize, p. 89

• Aurélia Chevalier, La couleur retravaillée de Shirley Jaffe, p. 103

• Jean-Yves Bosseur, La musicalité de la couleur, p. 108

• Clotilde Boust, Jean-Jacques Ezrati, La mesure de la couleur appliquée à la restauration, à la présentation et à la diffusion des oeuvres d'art, p. 113

• Natalie Coural, Claire Gerin-Pierre, Cartons préparatoires et calques. Une approche particulière en termes de conservation et de présentation, p. 121

Archaeometry, vol. 50, n.º 4, 2008

Acabou de sair o 4.º número de 2008 da revista Archaeometry.

Índice:

• J. A. Webb, M. Domanski, The relationship between lithology, flaking properties and artefact manufacture for australian silcretes, pp. 555-575

• E. Gotti, J. P. Oleson, L. Bottalico, C. Brandon, R. Cucitore, R. L. Hohlfelder, A comparison of the chemical and engineering characteristics of ancient roman hydraulic concrete with a modern reproduction of vitruvian hydraulic concrete, pp. 576-590

• M. Pace, A. Bianco Prevot, P. Mirti, R. Venco Ricciardi, The technology of production of sasanian glazed pottery from veh ardaSir (central iraq), pp. 591-605

• R. Arletti, G. Vezzalini, S. Biaggio Simona, F. Maselli Scotti, Archaeometrical studies of roman imperial age glass from canton ticino, pp. 606-626

• N. Schibille, F. Marii, Th. Rehren, Characterization And provenance of late antique window glass from the petra church in jordan, pp. 627-642

• Laure Dussubieux, Aurelie Deraisme, Gérard Frot, Christopher Stevenson, Amy Creech, Yves Bienvenu, La-icp-ms, sem-eds and epma analysis of eastern north american copper-based artefacts: Impact of corrosion and heterogeneity on the reliability of the la-icp-ms compositional results, pp. 643-657

• R. Garcia Moreno, F. Mathis, V. Mazel, M. Dubus, T. Calligaro, D. Strivay, Discovery and characterization of an unknown blue-green maya pigment: veszelyite, pp. 658-667

• M. Regert, T. Devièse, A.-S. Le Hô, A. Rougeulle, Reconstructing ancient yemeni commercial routes during the middle ages using structural characterization of terpenoid resins, pp. 668-695

• Ch. Tinapp, H. Meller, R. Baumhauer, Holocene accumulation of colluvial and alluvial sediments in the weiße elster river valley in saxony, germany, pp. 696-709

• R. G. V. Hancock, K. E. Hancock, J. K. Hancock, Thoughts on the utility of a bivariate-splitting approach to olmec ceramic data interpretation, pp. 710-726

Os pigmentos azuis

Foi há pouco publicado o seguinte livro:

François Delamare, Bleus en poudres. De l'Art à l'Industrie 5000 ans d' innovations, Paris, Mines Paris - Paris Tech, 2007.

Índice :

• Le bleu égyptien, bleu de l’Antiquité méditerranéenne. Du hsbd iryt égyptien au cæruleum romain
• Saffre, smalt, bleu d’esmail et azur. Les tribulations du cobalt saxon
• L'outremer naturel. Idéal du pigment bleu
• Azur d'Allemagne et cendres bleues anglaises. Le pigment favori des peintres européens
• Le bleu de Prusse. Un destin inattendu
• L'invention du bleu Thénard. Le temps des savants
• Bleu Guimet et outremers artificiels. Le rêve réalisé
• Les phtalocyanines de cuivre. Un hasard heureusement exploité
• La redécouverte des bleus oubliés. I - Le bleu égyptien
• La redécouverte des bleus oubliés. II – Le bleu Han
• La redécouverte des bleus oubliés. III - Yax, le bleu maya

Parte do 1.º capítulo está disponível aqui.

Studies in Conservation, vol. 53, n.º 1, 2008

Está em distribuição o 1.º número de 2008 dos Studies in Conservation.

Índice:

• Jens Bartoll, Oliver Hahn, Ulrich Schade, Application of synchrotron infrared radiation in the study of organic coatings in cross-sections, p. 1

• Eric F. Hansen, Carlos Rodríguez-Navarro, Koenraad Van Balen, Lime putties and mortars: insights into fundamental properties, p. 9

• Annika Niklasson, Sarka Langer, Karine Arrhenius, Lars Rosell, Carl Johan Bergsten, Lars-Gunnar Johansson, Jan-Erik Svensson, Air pollutant concentrations and atmospheric corrosion of organ pipes in European church environments, p. 24

• Jianguo Liu, Yantao Li, Maotao Wu, Electrochemical methods for chloride removal from simulated cast iron artefacts, p. 41

• Anne-Laurence Dupont, Costanza Cocci, Claudinewisel Immo Bacci, Bertrand Lavedrine, Development of LightCheck Ultra: a novel dosimeter for monitoring lighting conditions of highly photosensitive artefacts in museums, p. 49

e_Conservation, n.º 5, Junho de 2008

Acabou de ser publicado mais um número da revista e_Conservation. Além do noticiário, recensões e outras notas, contém os seguintes artigos:

• María Rubio Redondo, Is Minimal Intervention a Valid Guiding Principle?, p. 33

• André Alexander, Andreas Catanese, The Restoration of Tsas Soma Mosque Leh, Ladakh, India, p. 38

• Oana Gorea, Dumitru Gorea, A Romanian Copy of an Italian Painting. The case of Daniele da Volterra's "Descent from the Cross" by Petre Alexandrescu at Antim Monastery in Bucharest, p. 51

• Carlos José Abreu da Silva Costa, Conservation and Restoration of the Historic Furniture from the "Laboratorio Chimico" of the University of Coimbra. Methodology and Intervention Criteria, p. 60

Está livremente disponível aqui.