e-conservation 20 (2011)

Title: e-conservation

Issue: 20

Pages: 94

Year: 2011

Link: http://www.e-conservationline.com/...

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Index:

EDITORIAL

The Worthiness of Association

By Rui Bordalo

NEWS & VIEWS

Telling Stories

By Daniel Cull

Cleaning the Dirt off Money in Conservation: Ethics and Economics

By Christabel Blackman

Preserving our Urban Heritage: The Heritage Conversion Model

By Barry Mayhew

REVIEWS

The Science and Art of Color International Edelstein Color Symposium

Review by Mary Virginia Orna

Increasing Europe’s Competitiveness Through Cultural Heritage Research

Review by Jaap van der Burg

TECHNART 2011

Non-destructive and Microanalytical Techniques in Art and Cultural Heritage

Review by Ana Bidarra and Ana Guilherme

ARTICLES

Reversibility and Minimal Intervention in the Gap-filling Process of Archaeological Glass

By Betlem Martínez, Trinidad Pasíes and Maria Amparo Peiró

The Methods of Analysis used in Ceramics as an Effective Procedure in the Conservation of Terracotta Sculptures

By Carmen Bermúdez Sánchez, Giuseppe Cultrone, and Lucía Rueda Quero

Destruction: The Impact of Catastrophic Events on Architecture.

Safeguarding the Memory of Ruins by Photography

By Maria Bostenaru

Documentation of Contemporary Art: A Case Study of a Private Collection

By Sofia Gomes

Articles on X-ray Analysis (1997-2007)

Advances in X-ray Analysis (AXA) are the proceedings of X-ray conferences organised by The International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD). The articles are freely available to download from their website, except for the volumes from 2008 and 2009.

I made a selection of the articles related with cultural heritage:

Advances in X-ray Analysis, Vol. 51, 2007

Analysis of Pigments Used in a Japanese Painting (pdf)
Y. Hayakawa, S. Shirono, S. Miura, T. Matsushima

Microscanning XRF, XANES and XRD Studies of the Decorated Surface of Roman Terra Sigillata Ceramics (pdf)
C. Mirguet, P. Sciau, P. Goudeau, A. Metha, P. Pianetta, Z. Liu, N. Tamura


Advances in X-ray Analysis, Vol. 50, 2006

Non-Destructive Analysis of a Painting, National Treasure in Japan (pdf)
Y. Hayakawa , S. Shirono, S. Miura, T. Matsushima, T. Uchida


Advances in X-ray Analysis Vol. 49, 2005
Identification of Painting Materials Used for Mural Paintings by Image Analysis and XRF (pdf)
S. Shirono, Y.Hayakawa


Advances in X-ray Analysis, Vol. 47, 2003

Analysis of Art Objects and other Delicate Samples: is XRF Really Non-Destructive? (pdf)
M. Mantler, J. Klikovits

Applications of X-Ray Diffraction in Conservation Science and Archaeometry (pdf)
M.-C. Corbeil
Design of EDXRF Equipment for the Nondestructive Study of Prints (pdf)
M. Ardid, J.L. Ferrero, C. Roldán, D. Juanes, J.L. Lluch, R. Vives, P. Punter
Portable XRF Analysis of Japanese Historical Objects (pdf)
Y. Hayakawa

Synchrotron Applications in Archaeometallurgy: Analysis of High Zinc Brass Astrolabes (pdf)
B. Newbury, B. Stephenson, J. Almer, M. Notis, G.S. Cargill, III, G.B. Stephenson, and D. Haeffner
X-Rays in Art and Archaeology - An Overview (pdf)
M. Schreiner, B. Frühmann, D. Jembrih-Simbürger and R. Linke


Advances in X-ray Analysis, Vol. 46, 2002

Identification of Forged Works of Art by Portable EDXRF Spectrometry (pdf) M. Ardid, J.L. Ferrero, D. Juanes, C. Roldán, M. Crespo, M.E. Pernett, M. Marzal, M. Burke, S. Rovira, R. Vives


Advances in X-ray Analysis Vol. 44, 2000

Analysis of Pigments used in Scroll Paintings of a National Treasure "Tale of Genji" using a Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (pdf)
K. Sugihara, K. Tamuara, M. Satoh, Y. Hayakawa, Y. Hirao, S. Miura, H. Yotsutsuji, Y. Tokugawa

EDXRF Analysis of Pigments of Works of Art from the Spain's Cultural Heritage (pdf)
J.L. Ferrero, C. Roldan, D. Juanes, C. Morera, and E. Rollano


Advances in X-ray Analysis Vol. 42, 1998

Applications of Micro XRF for the Analysis of Traditional Japanese "Ainu" Glass Beads and other Artifacts (pdf)
K. Sugihara, M. Satoh, Y. Hayakawa, A. Saito and T. Sasaki


Advances in X-ray Analysis Vol. 41, 1997

Evaluation of Monolithic Polycapillary X-Ray Lenses for sub-mm Local XRF Analysis of Artistic Objects (pdf)
B. Vekemans, K. Janssens , G Vittiglio, F. Adams, L. Andong and Y. Yiming

Micro-analysis of Artists’ Pigments by Grazing-Emission X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (pdf)
Martine Claes, Rita Van Ham, Koen Janssens and René Van Grieken

Mosaics of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul (1998)

Title: Mosaics of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul: The Fossati Restoration and the Work of the Byzantine Institute
Author: Natalia B. Teteriatnikov
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Year: 1998
Pages: 80
ISBN: 0–88402–264–1
Link: http://www.doaks.org/...
File: http://www.doaks.org/... (pdf, 17.3 Mb)


Note: Resource kindly indicated by Goran Budija

Description:
Drawing on material housed in the Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Photograph and Fieldwork Archives, this catalog records two periods of work that uncovered the mosaics of Hagia Sophia after having been covered with whitewash and plaster for 400 years. The photographs and drawings record the procedures used and the results of these projects carried out in 1848-49 by the architects Gaspare and Giuseppe Fossati and later in 1931­49 by the Byzantine Institute. These records have proved to be important for the study of these major works of Byzantine art and for documenting the efforts exerted in preserving these mosaics and disseminating information about them.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The Fossati Restoration
The Byzantine Institute: Revealing the Past
Background
Conservation
Cleaning the Mosaics
Mosaic Techniques
Preservation through Imaging
Conclusion
Plates

Article: Micro-Raman spectroscopy of pottery (2010)

Title: Micro-Raman spectroscopy of decorated pottery from the Iberian archaeological site of Puente Tables (Jaén, Spain, 7th - 4th century B.C.)
Authors: D. Parras, P. Vandenabeele, A. Sánchez, M. Montejo, L. Moens and N. Ramos
Reference: Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 41, 2010, 68-73
DOI: 10.1002/jrs.2405
Link: http://hdl.handle.net/... (pdf, Mb)

Abstract:
In this paper, Raman spectroscopy is used for the first time to identify the pigments on decorated antique Iberian pottery. Ceramic fragments of type Real and others from the archaeological excavation in the oppidum Puente Tablas were examined. Different types of iron oxide pigments (hematite and goethite) were identified, along with amorphous carbon. in some samples, the presence of chalk or gypsum could be demonstrated. Some unattributed Raman bands are believed to be associated either with post-burial organic deposition or with silicate materials that are present in red ochre. It was possible to relate the findings with geological data from the region and to make assumptions on a local production.

Article: Estimation of profiles of sherds of archaeological pottery (1997)

Title: Estimation of profiles of sherds of archaeological pottery
Author: R. Halíř, Jan Flusser
Reference: Czech Pattern Recognition Workshop '97. Proceedings, p. 126-130, T. Pajdla (ed.), Czech Pattern Recognition Workshop '97, (Milovy, CZ, 17-20 Feb 1997)
Type of file: ps (PostScript)
Link: http://www.utia.cas.cz/... (ps, 299 Kb)

Abstract:

In this paper, a method for a pro le estimation of an archaeological pottery based on their fragments (sherds) is presented. Since investigated pots were made on a potter’s wheel, the rotational symmetry of the original objects is assumed. In addition, sherds are oriented before the estimation. Using these constraints, an acquisition method based on a model of a sherd is proposed. The method is simple, stable and robust. The proposed method has been tested on both synthetic models and real archaeological sherds.

Thesis: The Theseus painter (2003)

Title: The Theseus painter. Style, shapes and Iconography
Author: O. E. Borgers
University: University of Amsterdam
Year: 2003
Pages: 330
Type of document: Thesis
Link: http://dare.uva.nl/... (pdf)

From the Introduction:

Thee subject of this monograph is the Attic black-figure vase painter known today as the Theseus Painter who, as we shall see, worked from about 515/510 to 480/475 B.C. First of all, the study aims at giving, as completely as possible, a full description of all the features comprising the painter's stylistic nature: painting, drawing, composition, use of added colour. These categories are, in turn, considered in relation too the potterwork, namely the types of vases the Theseus Painter decorated, the workshops with which they can be associated, and whether he might also have been involved in shaping some or all of them. [...]

Table of Contents (short version):

A. Shapes and Style
I. Vase Shapes and Style of Painting and Drawing
II. Skyphoi
III. Lekythoi
IV. Other Shapes
V. Workshop Connecting
VI. Development and Chronology
VII. Provenances

B. Iconography
VIII. Introduction
IX. Deities
X. Other Mythological Figures and Scenes as well as related Representations
XI. Herakles and Theseus
XII. Ritual, Theater and Everyday Life
XIII. A Closer Look at the Theseus Painter's Iconography

Thesis: pottery in the Greek world (2002)

Title: Pottery to the people. The production, distribution and consumption of decorated pottery in the Greek world in the Archaic period (650-480 BC)
Author: Vincenzo Vladimir Stissi
University: University of Amsterdam
Year: 2002 Pages: 700
Type of document: Thesis
Link: http://dare.uva.nl/... (pdf)

Table of contents (short version):

I. Introduction

Part I. Production
II. Production studies from the past to the future
III. Quantities of preserved pottery and the scale of production
IV. Archaeological remains of Greek pottery production: excavated workshops and kiln
V. Depictions of Greek potters and painters at work
VI. The voice of the workshop: signatures as a source of information on potters, painters and the ways they worked together
VII. Signatures, attribution and the size and organisation of workshops
VIII. The magic mirror of the workshop: painted and written references of potters and painters to themselves and their colleagues
IX. To the gods and the world: potters' votives as indications of wealth and status
X. Secondary evidence for the status of potters and the scale and organisation of pottery production
XI. Conclusions: pottery production as a large-scale phenomenon, hard-working potters and painters

Part II. Pottery in its Economic and Social Context: Prices, Status and Use
XII. Introduction
XIII. Prices of pottery
XIV. Domestic use of pottery and metal vessels: prices, wages, wealth and consumption patterns
XV. Pottery and metal vessels in the household: the excavated evidence
XVI. Pottery and other vessels in sanctuaries
XVII. Pottery from graves
XVIII. Conclusions: pottery as a semi-luxury

Part III. Distribution
XIX. Introduction: from pottery distribution patterns to the organisation of transport and exchange
XX. Pottery in transit: direct evidence of transport and exchange
XXI. Pottery and sea trade: the ancient written sources
XXII. Distribution patterns and distribution systems of Attic figured pottery
XXIII. Patters of production and consumption as evidence for distribution
XXIV. Conclusions: a general view and detailed insights combined
XXV. General Conclusions