X-ray Imaging Investigation on the Gilding Technique of an Ancient Egyptian Taweret Wooden Statuette
| Autor: | Laura Guidorzi, Federica Facchetti, Alessandro Lo Giudice, Alessandro Re, Sabrina Grassini, Luisa Vigorelli, Paola Buscaglia, Matilde Borla, M. Nervo, Tiziana Cavaleri |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics Gilding R858-859.7 Art history Computed tomography tomography Article Archaeological science cultural heritage archaeometry conservation wooden sculpture ancient Egypt tomography gilding medicine Photography Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Electrical and Electronic Engineering TR1-1050 cultural heritage archaeometry conservation wooden sculpture ancient Egypt gilding media_common Sculpture medicine.diagnostic_test Art QA75.5-76.95 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design Cultural heritage Ancient egypt Investigation methods Late period Electronic computers. Computer science Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Imaging Volume 7 Issue 11 Journal of Imaging, Vol 7, Iss 229, p 229 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2313-433X |
| DOI: | 10.3390/jimaging7110229 |
| Popis: | Diagnostic physical methods are increasingly applied to Cultural Heritage both for scientific investigations and conservation purposes. In particular, the X-ray imaging techniques of computed tomography (CT) and digital radiography (DR) are non-destructive investigation methods to study an object, being able to give information on its inner structure. In this paper, we present the results of the X-ray imaging study on an ancient Egyptian statuette (Late Period 722–30 BCE) belonging to the collection of Museo Egizio in Torino and representing an Egyptian goddess called Taweret, carved on wood and gilded with some colored details. Since few specific studies have been focused on materials and techniques used in Ancient Egypt for gilding, a detailed investigation was started in order to verify the technical features of the decoration in this sculpture. Specifically, DR and CT analyses have been performed at the Centro Conservazione e Restauro “La Venaria Reale” (CCR), with a new high resolution flat-panel detector, that allowed us to perform tomographic analysis reaching a final resolution better than the one achievable with the previous apparatus operating in the CCR. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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