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The Deceptive Surface: Perception and Sculpture’s “Skin”

Images Re-Vues, 2017
In the eighteenth century, sculptors such as Antonio Canova often experimented with polychromy, using wax or grind water to subtly tint their figures’ flesh. In this article, I examine viewers’ discomfort with these surface treatments.
Christina Ferando
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Arianna's Palette: A Diagnostic Study of the Painting Walls of the Domus of Arianna in Pompeii

Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 2, Page 261-273, April 2026.
ABSTRACT The House of Arianna, also known as the House of Colored Capitals, represents, with its 1700 m2 of floor space, one of the most majestic examples of a residence within the Pompeii archaeological site. The research developed within the project “Cultural Heritage Active Innovation for Sustainable Society—CHANGES” reports the outcomes of the ...
Maria Verde, Alberto De Bonis, Claudia Di Benedetto, Diego Di Martire, Ersilia Fiore, Francesco Izzo, Renata Picone, Leopoldo Repola, Lia Romano, Vincenzo Morra   +9 more
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Multianalytical Study of Laser Pulse Duration Effects in the IR Laser Cleaning of Wall Paintings from the Monumental Cemetery of Pisa

Laser Chemistry, Volume 2006, Issue 1, 2006., 2006
The feasibility of laser cleaning for the removal of a variety of surface deposits from fragments of real wall paintings from the monumental cemetery of Pisa using Nd:YAG at 1064 nm at (μs), (ns), and (ps) regimes is presented. Multianalytical investigations of the samples from irradiated surfaces of fragments were carried out in order to characterize ...
A. Andreotti, M. P. Colombini, A. Nevin, K. Melessanaki, P. Pouli, C. Fotakis   +5 more
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Towards a “Polychrome History” of Greek and Roman Sculpture [PDF]

Journal of Art Historiography, 2016
In the early twenty-first century, the polychromy of ancient sculpture has been presented at many exhibitions and discussed in a large number of specialized publications.
Bente Kiilerich
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Une stèle funéraire gallo-romaine inédite au dépôt archéologique Des Bolards à Nuits-Saint-Georges (Côte-d’Or)

Revue Archéologique de l’Est, 2023
A fragment of a gallo-roman funerary stele, most likely from one of the necropolises of Les Bolards in Nuit-Saint-Georges (Côte-d’Or), or perhaps from Prémeaux (Côte-d’Or), has been found in the archaeological deposit of the site.
Marie-Anaïs Janin, Nicolas Delferrière, Florent Delencre, Anne-Laure Edme   +3 more
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Thickness Calculation of Pigment Layers and Gold Leaves Using XRF and MA‐XRF Data

X-Ray Spectrometry, Volume 55, Issue 2, Page 335-348, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT In this work, XRF and MA‐XRF data were used to estimate the thickness of Chromium Oxide (Cr₂O₃) pigment and gold leaf applied over Lead White (2PbCO3.Pb(OH)2). The thickness determination was based on the differential attenuation of the Pb‐Lα and Pb‐Lβ characteristic X‐rays, which allows correlating the overlying material layer with the Pb(Lα ...
Renato Pereira de Freitas, Ana Letícia Castro de Oliveira, André Rocha Pimenta, Elicardo Alves de Souza Gonçalves, Valter de Souza Felix, Marcelo Oliveira Pereira, Leandro Oliveira Pereira, Rafael Barreto Almada, Raysa Costa Nardes, Marcelino dos Anjos   +9 more
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Polychromy and the ornamental program of wooden sculpture: a method for its study

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This article delineates a proposed methodological framework for the systematic investigation and documentation of sculptural polychromy, distinguishing it from antecedent studies that predominantly concentrated on isolated and specific elements of the ...
M. G. González López
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Characterization by Different Non‐Invasive Methods Artworks From Brazilian Modernist Painters Tarsila Do Amaral and Anita Malfatti

X-Ray Spectrometry, Volume 55, Issue 1, Page 136-147, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT In this study, four paintings by the Brazilian artists Tarsila do Amaral and Anita Malfatti were analyzed using x‐ray fluorescence (XRF) and macro‐x‐ray fluorescence (MA‐XRF) scanning. The analyzed artworks by Tarsila do Amaral were “Autorretrato com vestido laranja” (1921) and “Figura Só” (1930), while the investigated paintings by Anita ...
Valter Felix, Hellen Cristine Santos, Elizabeth Kajiya, Mônica Parma, André Pimenta, Isolda de Castro Mendes, Aline Assumpção, Rafael Almada, Elicardo Gonçalves, Renato Freitas   +9 more
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Pastiglia relief and sgraffito: a study of the polychromy on a late Medieval English alabaster altarpiece

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English late medieval alabaster altarpieces and fragments of such, are preserved in many countries in Europe. Scientific examination of the polychromy on alabaster carvings has provided new information about materials and painting techniques employed ...
Christina Spaarschuh, Elena Platania
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Pigment Analysis in Paintings by the Brazilian Artist Di Cavalcanti Using IRR and MA‐XRF

X-Ray Spectrometry, Volume 54, Issue 6, Page 735-746, November/December 2025.
ABSTRACT This study analyses the pictorial materials used by the renowned Brazilian artist Di Cavalcanti (1897–1976) in two modern oil paintings on canvas from 1962, part of the collection at the Chácara do Céu Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This analysis was carried out using imaging: visible light imaging and infrared reflectography (IRR), as well
Raysa Nardes, Andre Pimenta, Valter Felix, Nilton Thaumaturgo, Claudia Souza, Rafael Almada, Renato Freitas   +6 more
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