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In search of ancient polychromy. Non invasive methods applied to Roman and medieval stone sculptures: different case studies between Italy and France.

open access: yes, 2023
reservedQuesto lavoro di tesi nasce nell'ambito di un progetto di Doppia Laurea condiviso tra l'Università di Padova e l'Universitè Bordeaux Montaigne.
GIUSTI, CHIARA
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The evolution of craft work in the strategic development of a family enterprise

open access: yesStrategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Volume 18, Issue 4, Page 811-840, December 2024.
Abstract Research Summary Craft firms characterized by a humanistic approach to work face a tension between adhering to pure craft principles and embracing industrialization. This challenge is heightened in family‐controlled craft firms, striving to uphold tradition while adapting to change.
Emanuela Rondi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Olympian Jupiter. Winckelmann and Quatremère de Quincy on Ancient Polychromy

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

open access: yesJournal 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   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tracing origin and history of Virgin and Child in Majesty, the oldest wooden polychrome statuette in the Czech Republic

open access: yesArchaeometry, 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rendering mortars in Medina Azahara, Part II: Material characterization and alteration causes

open access: yesMateriales 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
doaj   +1 more source

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)

open access: yesArchaeometry, 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   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Eye of the Medusa: XRF Imaging Reveals Unknown Traces of Antique Polychromy

open access: yes, 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   +11 more
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Polychromy in Corinthian Anatomical Votives

open access: yes, 2023
This study examines a sample of 103 anatomical votives from the Sanctuary of Asklepios at Corinth to identify the colors with which they were painted and explore the potential symbolic meaning of those colors. I challenge the prevailing assumption that the Corinthian votives were painted primarily according to a gendered color scheme and, in doing so ...
openaire   +2 more sources

George Gilbert Scott: A Pioneer of Constructional Polychromy?

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

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