An analytical investigation of a unique medieval wood sculpture and its monochrome surface layer

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

An analytical investigation of a unique medieval wood sculpture and its monochrome surface layer

Original language description

Medieval wood sculptures form an important part of our cultural heritage. Their preservation, restoration and material investigation usually result in a very demanding task, which leads, however, to understanding of the historical techniques used in the medieval art workshop. The restoration of the statue of Seated Virgin Mary (1475–80), recently attributed to the Master of the Kefermarkt Altarpiece, the National Gallery in Prague, revealed beneath the thick layer of the modern polychrome a very rare preserved original surface finish consisting of a thin monochrome glaze that was directly applied on the wood, in German specialized literature known as Holzsichtigkeit. The identification of the organic materials of the thin painting layers on original artworks is always very challenging. The monochrome red-brownish glaze was confirmed by micro-optical analyses in ultraviolet light. The layer was then analysed by means of micro-chemical test for the presence of saccharides and subsequently investigated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to detect particular binding medium. According to the results it occurred that storax was plausibly present. This research and identification of the surface finish of the Seated Virgin Mary sculpture opens new possibilities for the interpretation and analyses of similar monochrome glaze layers of the Late Gothic carvings. WWW: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00226-017-0965-y

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60401 - Arts, Art history

Project

<a href="/en/project/DF13P01OVV010" target="_blank" >DF13P01OVV010: Historical technologies and modern methods of research. The interpretative possibilities of the specialized methods of the research of the medieval artworks using the innovative technologies.</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Wood Science and Technology

ISSN

0043-7719

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Volume of the periodical

Volume 52

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

541-554

UT code for WoS article

000425336400013

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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