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, 2023 The National Archaeological Museum of Aquileia, a Roman city close to the Adriatic Sea, nowadays in north-eastern Italy, hosts a permanent exhibition of Roman sculptures with many traces of polychromy.
Marta Novello, Sara Lenzi
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Heritage ScienceDuring the Roman age, the southern promontory of the gulf of Baia was the perfect location for the construction of villae maritimae for the Roman élite that decided to spend their summer residences by the sea.
P. Cappelletti +11 more
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The evolution of craft work in the strategic development of a family enterprise
Strategic 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
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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 +7 more
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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 +3 more
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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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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 +12 more
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Natural Lighting, Gilts and Polychromy of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral
, 2010 Lighting either natural or not in the european medieval architecture (roman period) is studied and simulated around a special and famous example. "Notre-Dame de Paris" cathedral and its polychromy are studied for many years and, today the remains of ...
Politi, Carine +3 more
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Polychromy in Corinthian Anatomical Votives
, 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 ...
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Architectural Polychromy at Hekatomnid Labraunda
, 2017 International audienceThis article explores old and new discoveries of architectural polychromy in the Hekatomnid building programme at Labraunda in Karia. It addresses the use of painted plaster and marble mouldings, while also scrutinising the abundant
Blid, Jesper
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