Portable in practice: investigations using portable instrumentation for materials analysis and mapping of decorated architectural surfaces in the tablinum of the House of the Bicentenary at Herculaneum
| Autor: | Leslie Rainer, David Carson, Arlen Heginbotham, Kiernan Graves, Maria Sileo, Nicola Masini, Ilaria Catapano, Gianluca Gennarelli, Francesca Piqué, Giacomo Chiari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Painting
Architectural engineering Materials science 060102 archaeology Mechanical Engineering 010401 analytical chemistry 06 humanities and the arts Condensed Matter Physics 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Mechanics of Materials culturale heritage 0601 history and archaeology General Materials Science Instrumentation (computer programming) ground penetrating radar Practical implications materials analysis Simulation |
| Zdroj: | MRS Advances, pp. 1831–1848, 2017 info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Graves, Kiernan; Carson, David; Catapano, Ilaria; Chiari, Giacomo; Gennarelli, Gianluca; Heginbotham, Arlen; Masini, Nicola; Pique, Francesca; Sileo, Maria; Rainer, Leslie/congresso_nome:MRS Advances/congresso_luogo:/congresso_data:2017/anno:2017/pagina_da:1831/pagina_a:1848/intervallo_pagine:1831–1848 |
| ISSN: | 2059-8521 |
| DOI: | 10.1557/adv.2017.317 |
| Popis: | The conservation of the architectural surfaces in the tablinum of the House of the Bicentenary at the ancient Roman site of Herculaneum is a collaborative project of the Getty Conservation Institute, the Herculaneum Conservation Project and the Soprintendenza Pompeii. The tablinum was selected as a case study given the significance, beauty, and severe deterioration of its decorated surfaces. A multi-disciplinary team with a wide range of expertise, comprised of conservators, chemists, geo-physicists, engineers, and conservation scientists, worked in partnership across a number of institutions with the objective to study the wall paintings in the tablinum. Scientists and conservators worked together to test the feasibility of portable techniques and in situ investigations to better understand Roman painting technology; identify previous restoration materials; determine the presence of alteration products; and characterize deterioration mechanisms commonly found on architectural surfaces at archaeological sites of the Vesuvian Region. The collection and interpretation of the instrumental data has been critical to the design and implementation of appropriate passive and remedial interventions to stabilize the architectural surfaces and mitigate deterioration. The paper will present the results of the investigations using portable instrumentation along with a discussion of the capabilities and limitations of each technique and the practical implications of their use for architectural surfaces on archaeological sites. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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