2017 |
Rua, C; Sepulveda, M; Gutierrez, S; Carcamo, J J; Surco-Luque, J; Campos-Vallette, M; Guzman, F; Conti, P; Pereira, M Raman Identification of Pigments in Wall Paintings of the Colonial Period from Bolivian Churches in the Ruta De La Plata Artículo de revista Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage, 17 , pp. 117-137, 2017, ISSN: 1974-4951. Resumen | Enlaces | BibTeX | Etiquetas: ancient, andean art, artworks, breakdown churches, colonial complexes, corrosion, hematite, induced painted paintings, pigments, raman spectra, spectroscopy, sulfate wall @article{RN370, title = {Raman Identification of Pigments in Wall Paintings of the Colonial Period from Bolivian Churches in the Ruta De La Plata}, author = { C. Rua and M. Sepulveda and S. Gutierrez and J.J. Carcamo and J. Surco-Luque and M. Campos-Vallette and F. Guzman and P. Conti and M. Pereira}, url = {/brokenurl#<Go to ISI>://WOS:000428811100008}, issn = {1974-4951}, year = {2017}, date = {2017-01-01}, journal = {Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage}, volume = {17}, pages = {117-137}, abstract = {Micro-Raman spectroscopy was used to analyze and identify pigments and determine the palette of color in wall paintings from four churches of the Colonial Period, in the Bolivian highlands. The ancient churches Santiago de Callapa, Curahuara de Carangas, Nuestra Senora de Copacabana de Andamarca and San Jose de Soracachi were constructed during the 17th and 18th centuries, around the important colonial Ruta de la Plata, between Potosi city and Arica harbor on the Paciic coast of South America. Most pigments used in the wall paintings correspond to inorganic minerals as well as to organic colorants. Fully chlorinated copper phthalocyanine (green), copper phthalocyanine (blue), beta-naphthol (yellow) and benzoimidazolone (red), were identiied in the corresponding colored areas suggesting subsequent recent interventions or restorations. Ground layer materials were also characterized. The present results allow for discussion of the pictorial techniques used in the Andean highland during the colonial period and allow conservators and restorers to make important decisions regarding the type of intervention to perform in the case of these important historical and patrimonial monuments.}, keywords = {ancient, andean art, artworks, breakdown churches, colonial complexes, corrosion, hematite, induced painted paintings, pigments, raman spectra, spectroscopy, sulfate wall}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } Micro-Raman spectroscopy was used to analyze and identify pigments and determine the palette of color in wall paintings from four churches of the Colonial Period, in the Bolivian highlands. The ancient churches Santiago de Callapa, Curahuara de Carangas, Nuestra Senora de Copacabana de Andamarca and San Jose de Soracachi were constructed during the 17th and 18th centuries, around the important colonial Ruta de la Plata, between Potosi city and Arica harbor on the Paciic coast of South America. Most pigments used in the wall paintings correspond to inorganic minerals as well as to organic colorants. Fully chlorinated copper phthalocyanine (green), copper phthalocyanine (blue), beta-naphthol (yellow) and benzoimidazolone (red), were identiied in the corresponding colored areas suggesting subsequent recent interventions or restorations. Ground layer materials were also characterized. The present results allow for discussion of the pictorial techniques used in the Andean highland during the colonial period and allow conservators and restorers to make important decisions regarding the type of intervention to perform in the case of these important historical and patrimonial monuments. |
2016 |
Rodriguez-Gacitua, C; Campos-Vallette, M; Celis, F Raman Identification of Pigments in the Work of the Chilean Contemporary Visual Artist Ignacio Gumucio Artículo de revista Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society, 61 (3), pp. 3085-3089, 2016, ISSN: 0717-9707. Resumen | Enlaces | BibTeX | Etiquetas: ancient, and art, artworks, breakdown conservation contemporary gumucio, ignacio induced mental micro-raman paint, painted paints, restoration, rio saludo spectra spectroscopy, visual wall @article{RN316, title = {Raman Identification of Pigments in the Work of the Chilean Contemporary Visual Artist Ignacio Gumucio}, author = { C. Rodriguez-Gacitua and M. Campos-Vallette and F. Celis}, url = {/brokenurl#<Go to ISI>://WOS:000389063700016}, doi = {10.4067/S0717-97072016000300016}, issn = {0717-9707}, year = {2016}, date = {2016-01-01}, journal = {Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society}, volume = {61}, number = {3}, pages = {3085-3089}, abstract = {The main pigments in the painting by the Chilean artist Ignacio Gumucio were identified by using micro-Raman spectroscopy. Three works by the artist, two paintings with wooden stand and a wall painting were analyzed. Pigments were vibrationally identified from cross-section samples of the contemporary paints on wood Rio and Saludo and the wall painting Mental. The blue color Raman bands corresponds to cooper phthalocyanine. In the green areas, the Raman signals were ascribed to the azopigment acetoacetic arylide and copper phthalocyanine; the green color is then the result of a combination of the yellow and blue pigments. Raman bands in the pink areas were assigned to the azopigment beta-naphthol. The dark green color in the Saludo paint is due to a chlorinated copper phthalocyanine pigment. Other materials in the artworks were also identified: rutile (TiO2) in Saludo in white areas and calcite (CaCO3) in Mental and Rio. On this basis and taking into account the identification of the state of conservation a protocol for the preservation of the artworks Rio and Saludo can be assessed.}, keywords = {ancient, and art, artworks, breakdown conservation contemporary gumucio, ignacio induced mental micro-raman paint, painted paints, restoration, rio saludo spectra spectroscopy, visual wall}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } The main pigments in the painting by the Chilean artist Ignacio Gumucio were identified by using micro-Raman spectroscopy. Three works by the artist, two paintings with wooden stand and a wall painting were analyzed. Pigments were vibrationally identified from cross-section samples of the contemporary paints on wood Rio and Saludo and the wall painting Mental. The blue color Raman bands corresponds to cooper phthalocyanine. In the green areas, the Raman signals were ascribed to the azopigment acetoacetic arylide and copper phthalocyanine; the green color is then the result of a combination of the yellow and blue pigments. Raman bands in the pink areas were assigned to the azopigment beta-naphthol. The dark green color in the Saludo paint is due to a chlorinated copper phthalocyanine pigment. Other materials in the artworks were also identified: rutile (TiO2) in Saludo in white areas and calcite (CaCO3) in Mental and Rio. On this basis and taking into account the identification of the state of conservation a protocol for the preservation of the artworks Rio and Saludo can be assessed. |
2017 |
Raman Identification of Pigments in Wall Paintings of the Colonial Period from Bolivian Churches in the Ruta De La Plata Artículo de revista Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage, 17 , pp. 117-137, 2017, ISSN: 1974-4951. |
2016 |
Raman Identification of Pigments in the Work of the Chilean Contemporary Visual Artist Ignacio Gumucio Artículo de revista Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society, 61 (3), pp. 3085-3089, 2016, ISSN: 0717-9707. |