Shekofteh, Atefeh Oudbashi, Omid Cultrone, Giuseppe Ansari, Masoud
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The archaeological site of the Anahita Temple in Kangavar is one of the best-known stone monuments in western Iran and dates back to the Persian Empire period of Iranian history (about 550 BC to 650 AD). The Temple was constructed on a semi-artificial hill out of large stone blocks, many of which are cubic in shape, and short thick columns. In the ...
Böhme, Nadine Anders, Manfred Reichelt, Tobias Schuhmann, Katharina Bridarolli, Alexandra Chevalier, Aurelia
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The aim of this study was to develop new, sustainable treatments for the consolidation and conservation of canvas of modern and contemporary art. Because of the diversity of painting types, two product groups which have polar and nonpolar character were developed. The treatment should be applicable to the back side of the canvas. The deacidificatio...
Cappa, Federica Paganoni, Ilaria Carsote, Cristina Badea, Elena Schreiner, Manfred
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The damaging effects of mixed light-thermal ageing on parchment were studied by exposing mock-ups to artificial light (162 W/m2 irradiance) at controlled temperature and relative humidity (52 °C, 30% RH) for up to 748 h, with testing being made during this time incrementally. The physical–chemical changes (deterioration) resulting from these condit...
Gong, Yuxuan Qiao, Chengquan Zhong, Bochao Zhong, Jiarang Gong, Decai
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The precious collections of the Qing Dynasty paper-made theatrical figurines known as Shage xiren (纱阁戏人) represent a unique type of Chinese traditional folk art. The name, “Shage xiren” can be explained as the theatrical figurines that display in gauze curtains covered showcases. There were originally 36 showcases of Shage xiren of which 34 are pre...
Schieweck, Alexandra
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The application of adsorbents in museum display cases appears auspicious, as the selection of low-emitting building and decoration materials does not necessarily ensure low pollution levels. Furthermore, historical furnishings may form an integral part of a museum and consequently cannot be substituted. Therefore, comprehensive experiments regardin...
Fiorillo, Flavia Fiorentino, Sara Montanari, Matteo Roversi Monaco, Camilla Del Bianco, Andrea Vandini, Mariangela
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The paper discusses the case study of the Marriage at Cana, a sixteenth century wall painting located in Ravenna and executed by Luca Longhi. A multi-analytical approach based upon OM, SEM–EDS, μ-Raman, μ-FTIR and biological analyses was selected to investigate the painting technique and the state of preservation of the artwork, compromised by a se...
Bartoletti, Angelica Barker, Rachel Chelazzi, David Bonelli, Nicole Baglioni, Piero Lee, Judith Angelova, Lora V. Ormsby, Bronwyn
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Roy Lichtenstein’s Whaam! (1963) is an iconic artwork in Tate’s collection (T00897). Over the past 50 years, the painting has been on almost continuous display and had accrued a layer of deposited soiling, which resulted in the dampening of Lichtenstein’s vibrant colours and the masking of numerous subtleties across the painting surface. This paper...
Hemeda, Sayed Sonbol, Alghreeb
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The Pyramids complex in Giza consists of three main pyramids in addition to the famous Sphinx and small queen’s pyramids. Recently, the pyramids of Cheops (Khufu), Chephren (Khafre) and Mykerinos (Menkaure) on the Giza plateau have been threatened by a rising groundwater table resulting from water leakage from the suburbs irrigation canals, and mas...
Cao, Jianfang Zhang, Zibang Zhao, Aidi Cui, Hongyan Zhang, Qi
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How to effectively protect ancient murals has become an urgent and important problem. Digital image processing developments have made it possible to repair damaged murals to a certain extent. This study proposes a consistency-enhanced generative adversarial network (GAN) model to repair missing mural areas. First, the convolutional layer from a ful...
Simonenko, Nikolay P. Solovey, Valentin R. Shumikhin, Kirill V. Lizunova, Anna A. Lisovskii, Stepan V. Liubavskaya, Elena A. Seregina, Tatyana V. Basova, Irina G. Dyakonova, Yulia B. Simonenko, Tatiana L.
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This paper reports on activities carried out as part of a pre-conservation studies of the painting by Dmitry Levitsky, “The Portrait of F.P. Makerovsky in a Masquerade Costume” (1789, the State Tretyakov Gallery). Samples were taken and prepared for further study within the following algorithm. Using optical microscopy of cross-sections of the samp...
