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Bio‐Inspired Fluorescent Calcium Sulfate for the Conservation of Gypsum Plasterwork
This study explores the nonclassical crystallization of calcium sulfates using calcein, aiming to develop bio‐inspired methods for tailored consolidation products in heritage conservation. Through this investigation, fluorescent nano‐bassanite (NB‐C) consolidants are synthesized.
Miguel Burgos‐Ruiz +6 more
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This mini‐review details commercial and recently researched historical preservation coatings useful in protecting structures from decay and the elements so that they are enjoyable and remembered by future generations. Abstract Mankind has erected monoliths and stone structures for millennia to ensure stories and culture are passed on to future ...
Cory B Sims, Joseph C Furgal
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Abstract The remarkable mechanical performance of architectural materials—composed of carefully designed building blocks—have received increasing interest from the scientific and engineering community in recent decades. Among architectural materials, lattice materials turned out to be the most promising structure to be further investigated as they ...
Stefano Marcon +4 more
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Nádasdy Ferenc mecénás-életművének elpusztult emléke: a sopronkeresztúri kerti palota [PDF]
Next to the late renaissance castle at Sopronkeresztúr (Deutschkreutz, A) there was a two-level 17th century baroque garden palace used as a granary from the early 20th century and eventually pulled down in 1952. It was ordered by the owner of the castle
Buzási, Enikő
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The iconographic programme of the Poor Clares’ church in Cracow
The main transformation of St. Andrew’s church interior took place in 1701–1702 during the rule of Abbess Anna Eliżbieta Tyrawska, according to a concept developed by her together with priest Sebastian Piskorski.
Michał Kurzej
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Early christianity in Iraq and the Gulf: a view from the architectural remains [PDF]
The spread and settlement of Christianity in the Arabic world prior to Islam is not the most popular topic. Archaeological focus was mainly directed to the early historic period and indigenous beliefs.
De Langhe, Kaatje
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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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The Contact Period of Central Peten, Guatemala in Color [PDF]
When Bernal Díaz del Castillo passed by Nojpeten with Hernán Cortés in 1525, he remarked upon the Itza capital’s brilliant whiteness, even from a great distance (Jones 1998:69). However had he stood in the central plaza, he would have discerned that the
Cecil, Leslie G, Pugh, Timothy W
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Architecture of Jesuit Churches in the Former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1564–1773 [PDF]
The article presents the history and accomplishments of Jesuit architecture in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from the late sixteenth to the late eighteenth century.
Betlej, Andrzej
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Il «Concorso per la Decorazione della facciata, e ristauro della Torre», bandito nel febbraio del 1834 dal Comune di Foligno, inaugura la stagione umbra delle “facciate addossate”: vere e proprie maschere di pietra e stucco che non si sostituiscono alla ...
Paolo Belardi, Maria Elena Lascaro
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