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Microanalytical study of the fresco ‘the good and the bad judge’ in the medieva...
Gil, M.; Araujo, C.; Carvalho, M.L.; Longelin, S.; Dias, L.; Valadas, S.; Souto, C.; Frade, J.; Ribeiro, I.; Mirao, J.; Candeias, A.This article describes a study carried out on the emblematic mural painting so-called ‘fresco of the good and bad judge’ located at the medieval village of Monsaraz (southern Portugal). This painting, with two distintic narratives, is thematically unique in Portugal and rare in the context of European Renaissance art. Scientific research was undertaken to clarify doubts about the chronology of the two painted s...
Blue Pigment Colors from Wall Painting Churches in Danger (Portugal 15th to 18t...
Gil, M.; Carvalho, M.L.; Longelin, S.; Ribeiro, I.; Valadas, S.; Mirão, J.; Candeias, A.Samples of blue wall paint layers from selected 15th to 18th century religious mural paintings from southern Portugal (Alentejo) have been analyzed using a multi-analytical methodology involving the combination of in situ visible spectro-colorimetry with microanalytical techniques such as optical and scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. In situ analyses and micro-sampling were carried out in nin...