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Changsha ware glaze color: Composition, nanostructure, and copper and iron speciation

Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Volume 107, Issue 11, Page 7577-7593, November 2024.
Abstract The opacity/transparency, color, and production of designs in Changsha ware, a Tang dynasty Chinese stoneware renowned for its polychromy and pioneering high‐temperature red glaze, are studied by analyzing the composition, micro/nanostructure, and copper/iron speciation.
MingYue Yuan, JiaYu Hou, XingGuo Zhang, Nigel Wood, Judit Molera, Hiram Castillo‐Michel, Marine Cotte, Trinitat Pradell   +7 more
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Tracing origin and history of Virgin and Child in Majesty, the oldest wooden polychrome statuette in the Czech Republic

Archaeometry, Volume 66, Issue 2, Page 458-476, April 2024.
Abstract A wooden polychrome statuette of Virgin and Child in Majesty, currently in the Museum Montanelli in Prague, is actually a torso. It was created in the 11th or 12th century at the latest, being the oldest wooden polychrome statuette in the Czech Republic.
Janka Hradilová, David Hradil, Zuzana Širillová, Silvie Švarcová   +3 more
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The modeling pastes of the monumental terracruda sculpture of the Silk Roads: Archaeometric study of the Tepe Narenj and Qol‐e‐tut examples (Kabul, Afghanistan)

Archaeometry, Volume 66, Issue 1, Page 76-99, February 2024.
Abstract This paper presents the results of the mineralogical, petrographic and chemical study of different archaeological samples related to terracruda sculptures and other elements that were part of the architectural decoration of the Buddhist sites of Tepe Narenj and Qol‐e‐tut (Kabul, Afghanistan; fifth to 11th centuries CE).
Monica López‐Prat, Raffaella De Luca, Alessandra Pecci, Simona Mileto, Sudipa Ray Bandyopadhyay, Andrea Bloise, Adriano Guido, Mara Cipriani, Carla Lancelotti, Begoña Carrascosa, Noor Agha Noori, José‐Manuel Simón‐Cortés, Domenico Miriello   +12 more
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Olympian Jupiter. Winckelmann and Quatremère de Quincy on Ancient Polychromy

, 2020
A number of Western museums may boast of their important collections of Classical Greek and Roman art. Marble statues of deities or heroes from Classical Antiquity, and important works in painting and architecture from different historical epochs, have ...
Hodne, Lasse
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Rendering mortars in Medina Azahara, Part II: Material characterization and alteration causes

Materiales de Construccion, 1997
In the present work, the depicted coat that covers some of the mortars exposed to weathering in the Medina Azahara archaeological site is .studied. That coat is characterized from the compositional and physical viewpoint and the main causes for its decay
M. T. Blanco-Varela
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The Eye of the Medusa: XRF Imaging Reveals Unknown Traces of Antique Polychromy

, 2017
The colorful decoration of statues and buildings in antique times is commonly described by the term antique polychromy. It is well-known among scholars but less so to the general public, and its exact form is the subject of research.
Mulliez, Maud, Maud Mulliez (3629773), Martinez, Philippe, Kevin Cain (2015962), Matthias Alfeld (3629770), Jockey, Philippe, Cain, Kevin, Alfeld, Matthias, Philippe Walter (2014072), Philippe Jockey (3629764), Walter, Philippe, Philippe Martinez (3629767)   +11 more
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Symposium "Reconstruction of Polychromy"

, 2017
The VESUVIA research program collaborates in the organization of the symposium « Reconstruction of Polychromy » that will be held November 29th-30th – December 1st in Bordeaux Pessac, Archéopôle d’Aquitaine.
Alexandra Dardenay
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Multi-Technique Analysis and Digital Reconstruction of Polychromy on a Mithraic Altar from Carrawburgh Roman Fort near Hadrian’s Wall

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Heritage materials science techniques, including pXRF, FTIR-ATR, XRD, microphotography, and microsampling, have peeled back concealed layers of polychromy on a Roman Mithraic altar near Hadrian’s Wall.
Louisa Campbell, Margaret Smith, Sarah Dugmore   +2 more
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La peinture sur lave émaillée des façades des églises parisiennes du xixe siècle : une expérience de réintroduction de la polychromie

Les Cahiers de l'École du Louvre, 2019
The reintroduction of polychromy on the façades of nineteenth-century Parisian churches with paintings on enamelled lava took place, between 1827, the date on which Ferdinand-Henri-Joseph Mortelèque implement the first successful trials of painting on ...
Josette Saint-Martin
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George Gilbert Scott: A Pioneer of Constructional Polychromy?

, 2014
The dominant historical account of constructional polychromy in Britain describes its emergence in the fifteenth century as a by-product of the introduction of brick-making under Flemish influence.
Aidan Whelan
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