Beato Angelico is one of the most important Italian painters of the Renaissance period, in particular he was a master of the so-called " buon fresco" technique for mural paintings. A wide diagnostic campaign with X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) analyses has been carried out on three masterworks painted by Beato Angelico in the San Marco monastery in Florence: the Crocifissione con Santi, the Annunciazione and the Madonna delle Ombre. The latter is painted by mixing fresco and secco techniques, which makes it of particular interest for the study of two different paintings techniques of the same artist. Then the aim of the study was focused on the characterization of the painting palette, and therefore the painting techniques, used by Beato Angelico. Moreover, the conservators were interested in the study of degradation processes and old restoration treatments. Our analyses have been carried out by means of the XRF spectrometer developed at LABEC laboratory at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare in Florence (Italy). XRF is indeed especially suited for such a kind of study, allowing for multi-elemental, nondestructive, non-invasive analyses in a short time, with portable instruments. In this paper the first results concerning the XRF analysis are presented.
XRF analyses for the study of painting technique and degradation on frescoes by Beato Angelico: First results / Mazzinghi A.. - In: IL NUOVO CIMENTO C. - ISSN 2037-4909. - ELETTRONICO. - 37:(2014), pp. 253-262. [10.1393/ncc/i2014-11809-0]
XRF analyses for the study of painting technique and degradation on frescoes by Beato Angelico: First results
Mazzinghi A.
2014
Abstract
Beato Angelico is one of the most important Italian painters of the Renaissance period, in particular he was a master of the so-called " buon fresco" technique for mural paintings. A wide diagnostic campaign with X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) analyses has been carried out on three masterworks painted by Beato Angelico in the San Marco monastery in Florence: the Crocifissione con Santi, the Annunciazione and the Madonna delle Ombre. The latter is painted by mixing fresco and secco techniques, which makes it of particular interest for the study of two different paintings techniques of the same artist. Then the aim of the study was focused on the characterization of the painting palette, and therefore the painting techniques, used by Beato Angelico. Moreover, the conservators were interested in the study of degradation processes and old restoration treatments. Our analyses have been carried out by means of the XRF spectrometer developed at LABEC laboratory at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare in Florence (Italy). XRF is indeed especially suited for such a kind of study, allowing for multi-elemental, nondestructive, non-invasive analyses in a short time, with portable instruments. In this paper the first results concerning the XRF analysis are presented.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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