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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF PHYSICS Guest
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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2014 Meeting
Section: Nuclear and Elementary Particles Physics
Title:
PHYSICAL METHODS OF ANALYZING THE PAINT LAYER OF A RUSSIAN SCHOOL ICON FROM THE SECOND HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY - (1)
Authors:
Dorina Claudia SAMOILESCU(1), Octavian Gheorghe DULIU(2), Bogdan CONSTANTINESCU(3), Daniela STAN(3), Mihaela MANEA(4)
Affiliation:
1) University of Bucharest, Doctoral School on Physics, 405, Atomistilor str, 077125 Magurele (Ilfov), Romania,
2) University of Bucharest, Department of Structure of Matter, Earth and Atmospheric Physics and Astrophysics, 405, Atomistilor str, 077125 Magurele (Ilfov), Romania o.duliu@upcmail.
3) Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Department of Applied Nuclear Physics, - DFNA, 407, Atomistilor str, 077125 Magurele (Ilfov), Romania
4) Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Centre of Technological Irradiations - IRASM, 407, Atomistilor str, 077125 Magurele (Ilfov), Romania
E-mail
samoilescu.claudia@yahoo.com
Keywords:
icons, conservation, restoration, X-Ray Fluorescence, UV Fluorescence, Raman Spectroscopy
Abstract:
This paper is part of a project aimed at studying the pigments and painting techniques used by the Lipoven Russians to create the Byzantine icons dating back in the nineteenth century. This paper presents the results of a comprehensive study conducted by X-ray fluorescence (FRX) and UV fluorescence, Raman Spectroscopy (RS) and digital radiography (DR) of a religious painting representing St. Basil the Great Hierarch. The painting belongs to the Russian school and originates in Central Russia, Village of Holua, Volga region. It was painted in the second half of the nineteenth century.
The study is directed towards identifying the pigments used and is realized in order to achieve correct and complete restoration of the painting. The main mineral pigments used in the layer of paint were identified through X-ray fluorescence (XRF), UV fluorescence and Raman Spectroscopy (FT-RS), while the paint’s details achieved with pigments based on heavy elements, as the structure of the frame or various other changes which occurred in time, were highlighted through digital radiography (DR).
The data allowed the full extent characterization of the current state of degradation of the icon, of the painting materials, and the accurate identification of the historical period in which the painting was created.
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