This review summarises the state-of-the-art of lead-based pigment studies, addressing their
production, trade, use and possible alteration. Other issues, such as those related to the …

This article summarises the history of cinnabar, from its first uses in burials to modern oils on
canvas. After a brief introduction on mercury and contamination issues, the article gets to the …

Minerals, as raw structural materials or pigments, play a fundamental role in archaeometry,
for the understanding of nature, structure and status of an artefact or object of interest for …

In this work, the results of a Raman campaign for studying seventeenth-century Sicilian
frescoes, by using two portable Raman systems, equipped with different excitation sources …

The pigments, surface deposition, preparatory layer and support from a mural painting tomb
of Ming Dynasty (1368–1644 CE) were first time analyzed by micro-Raman, Fourier …

In this paper, chemical and structural studies of medieval wall paintings in Ocre (L'Aquila,
Italy) are presented. During the latest restoration campaign, non-destructive (Near-Infrared …

This work reports the results of an extensive study carried out on the wall paintings
preserved inside the Saint Stephen's chapel in Montani (Val Venosta, Bozen, Italy), by …

The old katholikon of St Stephen's monastery at the Meteora (site of the most important
complex of monasteries in Greece after Mount Athos) is decorated with wall paintings that …

This article presents an integrated approach for the authentication of five Russian icons
through the study of their paint materials (elemental composition and stratigraphic map**) …

The gilding and painting techniques for the clay-based polychromic sculptures in Jizo Hall of
Chongqing Temple, Shanxi Province of China, are analyzed by complementary techniques …