Painting with recycled materials: on the morphology of calcite pseudomorphs as evidence of the use of wood ash residues in Baroque paintings

Abstract The nature of ground preparations is of critical interest to those engaging in the study of historical painting techniques, as certain materials can be identified with specific regions and school of painting. This is the case of a particular ash-based, calcite-rich material obtained as a by...

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Main Authors: Federico Carò, Silvia A. Centeno, Dorothy Mahon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-01-01
Series:Heritage Science
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40494-018-0166-5