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The Mosaics of the Roman Villa of São Simão, Penela, Portugal
Published 2017-11-01“…The mosaic pavements uncovered in 2001 together with the newly discovered mosaics identified in 2015 and the remaining set of in stucco wall coverings reveal an impressive occupation whose study reinforces and brings new information about the Roman rural rule of this territory. …”
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La maison de la Harpiste et son décor à Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône) : nouvelles données sur l’occupation tardo-républicaine d’Arelate
Published 2017-12-01“…The diversity and exceptional quality of the decorative ornaments of this house give a new insight into the knowledge of late Republican decorative modes: wall painting of the second Pompeian style, stucco and pavements.…”
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La doble piel de la arquitectura Maya: el estuco y el color
Published 2017-11-01“…The principal buildings of the Maya Lowlands were covered with stucco layers and painted with a rich colour palette that included pigments and colorants, and its archaeometric study offers important information on lime technology and colour technology between ancient Maya. …”
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The Ruins of the British Welfare State
Published 2011-06-01“…As an extension to his blog postings and a sequel of sorts to his previous Militant Modernism, Hatherley’s antagonist here is the semi-official architecture of New Labour, which he terms ‘pseudomodernism’: an unimaginative, inferior, and, in its own specific way, also tacky architecture of white stucco, steel and glass. He attacks the Faustian bargain of Richard Rogers and his allies with neoliberalism, a pact that produces a modernism devoid of social content, reflected by the unimaginative, speculation-driven architectural design. …”
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A Gramscian Perspective on Colonial Baroque
Published 2021-02-01“…The present study provides a comparative analysis of whitewashed stucco moldings and polychrome gilded altarpieces, major elements of the distinct decorative style that originated in colonial Goa during the period under investigation. …”
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La couleur oubliée des cités historiques portugaises et le cas du palais de Queluz
Published 2006-03-01“…Vestiges of decorative elements such as sgraffito, trompe l’œil, stucco, and colour are being discovered, in strata, throughout the country. …”
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Physical and mechanical characterization of Portland cement mortars made with expanded polystyrene particles addition (EPS)
Published 2012-12-01“…Additives improve the workability and porosity, allowing manufacture mortars with high levels of recycled material that show mechanical properties suitable for use as masonry mortars, stucco and plaster.…”
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Building renovations in BIM systems
Published 2018-01-01“…Nowadays, complex 3D models of historic buildings can be scanned and modelled, including sculptural filigrees and stucco decorations with possibility to generate different projections, cross-sections and elevations according to descriptive geometry rules. …”
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A visual investigation of different pollutants on the rheological properties of sodium/potassium formate fluids
Published 2018-07-01“…To do this, five samples of formate fluids were made, and each of them was polluted by several pollutants such as cement, lime, acid, alkali and stucco. Consequently, rheological properties and the pH changes and their effect on the formate fluids were evaluated.…”
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Investigating gilding techniques on Gandharan stone sculptures and architectural components: a preliminary note
Published 2019-10-01“…At present, the ISCR is carrying out important studies at international level on the polychromy and the gilding of stone and stucco elements pertaining to the Buddhist artistic production of the ancient region of Gandhara, an area at present situated between the two nation-states of Pakistan and Afghanistan.…”
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The Science Behind Nefertiti's Beauty: A Plastic Surgeon's Analysis
Published 2022-12-01“…Introduction The famous stucco limestone coated “Bust of Nefertiti” housed in the Neues Museum, Germany dated 1,345 BC is an icon of beauty. …”
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Het Hodshonhuis in Haarlem, onderzoek aan de achttiende-eeuwse Blauwe Zaal
Published 2000-10-01“…Besides Prussian blue, used for the dark-blue stucco fields and overdoors, an unusual pigment was analysed for the light-blue colour on the other walls: ‘blue verditer’. …”
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Polished Decorative Fields in Thracian Fresco Tombs from the Hellenistic period - Archaeometrical Research
Published 2017-12-01“…This technique of creating polished wall painted surfaces in combination with organic coatings (known as stucco lustro) is traditionally associated with the Pompean frescoes and the work of roman painters. …”
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Comalcalco la ciudad Maya de Ladrillos: descubriendo su pasado y la conservación de su futuro
Published 2017-11-01“…The initial architecture created by the Mayas used compacted earth covered with stucco, and the second stage was erected with brick masonry, a feature that makes it unique in Mesoamerica. …”
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Technical Note: Alterations in the stone masonry of the Capitol Room of Sevilla City Hall
Published 2006-12-01“…The analyses and assays carried out during the course of this research have revealed that this masonry comprises a covering of oil paints over mortar-stucco of calcite, quartz, gypsum,and lead white with linseed oil when the walls were not covered. …”
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Antonio Aliprandi, un estucador lombardo en la Valencia de 1700
Published 2002-01-01“…One among them, Antonio Aliprandi, will specialize himself on recovering many buildings with stucco, mainly in churches. This text makes a journey along Aliprandi's art pieces in Valencia after working on files to find the documents refered to them.…”
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La folle course de Charles Le Brun dans le Grand Salon de Vaux-le-Vicomte
Published 2006-03-01“…It still seems necessary to interpret its stucco decoration in relation to the other arts that constitute it, painting and architecture, trying to eliminate some of the mysteries beyond commonplace ideas. …”
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Khosrow II (590–628 CE)
Published 2022-05-01“…Indeed, Khosrow Parviz (the Victorious) drew upon royal iconography as a propaganda tool on a wide range of materials such as rock and stucco reliefs, coins, seals, and metal plates. His image (created both visually and verbally) not only revived the traditional iconography of the Persian kings but also evolved it in a way that transcended his time and was passed on to the early Islamic Caliphates after him. …”
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Security Excavations on the Southeastern Outsideof Selitrennoye Settlement in 2020
Published 2024-06-01“…Monochrome and polychrome tiles and stamped ganch (raw stucco) elements were used as decoration. The presence of halls with iwans in the building itself and in its annex allows it to be classified as a palace-type manor building.…”
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EL RETABLO GADITANO DEL NEOCLASICISMO
Published 1989-12-01“…These works were made in marble and, when it was not possible to use it, in wood and stucco imitating marble. So solemn and classicistic architectures build the frame for the iconography, comparativel y reduced in relation to the baroque period: the former repertoires are simplified, but it remains the same subjects. …”
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