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Analysis of green pigments: The case of Almada Negreiros maritime station mural...
Valadas, Sara; Vandenabeele, Peter; Gil, Milene; Frade, José Carlos; Vermeersch, Eva; Lycke, Silvia; Dias, Luís; Candeias, António; Costa, MafaldaIn 1949, Almada Negreiros painted at the maritime station of Rocha do Conde de Óbidos, in Lisbon, six monumental mural paintings, which are considered as his highest artistic achievement. On these paintings, he resorted to a bright colourful palette, which needs to be studied to support conservation and preservation of these artworks for future generations. Among the pigments under study within project ALMADA, ...
ÓRGÃO DE TUBOS DA IGREJA DE SANTA CLARA DE VILA DO CONDE. CONTRIBUTO ANALÍTICO ...
Bottaini, Carlo; Nejmeddine, Mafalda; Valadas, Sara; Machado, Ana; Candeias, António; Oliveira, César; Coradeschi, GinevraO presente contributo integra-se no âmbito do projeto MONUMENT@RISK – A Igreja de Santa Clara de Vila do Conde: estudo pluridisciplinar para a valorização e salvaguarda de um património em risco. O projeto conta com o apoio da Câmara Municipal de Vila do Conde e com a capacidade analítica do Laboratório HERCULES, sendo desenvolvido no contexto das atividades do Laboratório Associado IN2PAST. Este poster apresen...
Combining in situ elemental and molecular analysis: The Viceroys portraits in O...
Machado, Ana; Valadas, Sara; vandenabeele, Peter; Caldeira, Ana Teresa; Piorro, Luís; Reis, Teresa; Candeias, AntónioThe Vice-Roy's Portraits Gallery hosted at the Old Goa Museum of the Archaeological Survey of India in Goa, India, is a unique panel painting collection, spanning from the 16th till the 18th centuries, and representing the Portuguese Viceroys and Governors who administrated the Portuguese provinces in the coastal region of the Indian Ocean. During the Old Goa Revelations project (a collaborative inter-instituti...
Science Applied to Modern Mural Painting Studies. Traditional Pigments and Inno...
Gil, Milene; Costa, Mafalda; Valadas, Sara; Cardoso, Ana Margarida; Helvaci, Yigit Zafer; Bhattacharya, Sriradha; Candeias, AntónioThis chapter reports the analytical study carried out on Almada Negreiros’ two working palettes in the public hall of the DN Building in 1939. Both palettes were hidden behind wooden cabinets and discovered in 1991 during conservation works. The first study carried out in 2021 focused on the identification of cadmium pigments. In phase 2, the goal was to extend the research to other colour materials to ascertai...
Evaluation of historical buildings using laser scanning - a case-study of Funch...
Oliveira, Rui Jorge; Valadas, Sara; Caldeira, Bento; Candeias, António; Abrantes, Filipa; Machado, Ana; Murta, ElsaNon-invasive and non-destructive procedures offer a benefit over standard methods of chemical analysis in the study of heritage. Unlike intrusive sampling, which involves removing a sample for examination, these approaches do not cause any damage to the materials being studied. The utilization of laser scanning enables the generation of a three-dimensional point cloud representing the object under investigation...
Métodos de exame e análise aplicados ao estudo de obras de arte, ou a CIÊNCIA q...
Valadas, Sara; Reis, Teresa; Miguel, CatarinaExistem muitas histórias por contar, muitas das quais poderiam ter ficado perdidas no esquecimento se não fossem os avanços da ciência e da tecnologia aplicada ao estudo do Património. O que escondem os retratos dos Vice-Reis e Governadores da Índia? Como é que a ciência pode contribuir para a autenticação de selos postais? E como pode também contribuir para um novo olhar sobre a evolução da utilização de mater...
Em busca do retrato original de Afonso de Albuquerque – novas revelações na Gal...
Reis, Teresa; Valadas, Sara; Machado , Ana; Piorro , Luís; Carriço, Nuno; Cardoso, Ana; Caldeira, Ana Teresa; Baptista Pereira, Fernando AntónioEste artigo incide na investigação multidisciplinar que permitiu a descoberta do retrato de Afonso de Albuquerque pertencente à Galeria dos Vice-Reis e Governadores do Estado da Índia. Na sequência de uma primeira investigação que confirmou que o famoso retrato exposto no Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga é, afinal, o resultado de sucessivas intervenções sobre uma outra personagem, surgiu a questão acerca da eventu...
The Drawing Hand of a Portuguese Mannerist Painter
Melo, Helena Pinheiro de; Cruz, António João; Valadas, Sara; Candeias, Antóniohe materials and graphical layout of the underdrawing of two sets of paintings attributed, on stylistic grounds, to the workshop of the Portuguese painter Francisco João (doc. 1558-1595) were investigated using infrared reflectography. Two types of underdrawing were found. Comparison between each group of paintings enabled to identify a characteristic drawing style that can be of assistance in future studies on...
Italian Influence in a Portuguese Mannerist Painting (Part I): A New Palette wi...
P. Melo, Helena; Valadas, Sara; Cruz, António João; Cardoso, Ana Margarida; Miguel, Catarina; Manhita, Ana; Helvaci, Yiğit ZaferThe palette used by the Portuguese painter Pedro Nunes (1586–1637) in the large panel depicting The Descent from the Cross (460 × 304 cm) painted in 1620 for Évora’s cathedral was investigated with a combination of the visual inspection of the paint surface and the analysis of the paint layers with microscopic, spectroscopic, and chromatographic techniques. Green earth and an orange artificial arsenic sulphide,...
Preliminary Diagnostic Survey of Deteriorated Paint Layers at the Maritime Stat...
Gil, Milene; Valadas, Sara; Cardoso, Inês; Dias, LuisThis paper reports the preliminary diagnostic survey of the six controversial mural paintings painted in 1946–49 at the Maritime Station of Rocha do Conde de Óbidos in Lisbon, considered the artistic epitome of Almada Negreiros mural painting art. Four research questions drove this research: a) What are the main decay phenomena present and their sources? b) Which are the paint layers most affected, and are they...