The Recent Discovery, Research and Restoration of Medieval and Renaissance Frescoes in Riga Castle – A Treasure to the Baltic Region

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023299%3A_____%2F23%3AN0000032" target="_blank" >RIV/00023299:_____/23:N0000032 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/23:10469075 RIV/60461446:_____/23:N0000009
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/6/3/128" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/6/3/128</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/heritage6030128" target="_blank" >10.3390/heritage6030128</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Recent Discovery, Research and Restoration of Medieval and Renaissance Frescoes in Riga Castle – A Treasure to the Baltic Region
Original language description
One of the most important castles of the medieval Teutonic Order—Riga Castle in Latvia—is currently undergoing extensive reconstruction work. This study attempts to summarize recentinformation about the medieval fresco in the chapel and decorative paintings (17th century CE) on thevaults and vault consoles of the refectory that were found during this work. The restorers acquireda combined knowledge of the materials during the pre-restoration research as well as during therestoration process. This, together with the art historian’s viewpoint, and analytical study conductedby chemical technologist of art restoration and material scientists, allowed for an understanding ofthe materials present, as well as for a determination of the most probable techniques used for thecreation of the frescoes. Based on the results presented in this study, the investigated fresco wasmostly created using local materials for the plaster and imported ones for pigments, specificallyazurite, malachite, and cinnabar. The restoration works, and the possible iconographic meaning ofthe remaining fragments of the medieval painting, are also discussed.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10406 - Analytical chemistry

Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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