The Relationship between Carving Work and Timber Features: A Database for the Italian Wooden Statuary

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Dear authors,
The manuscript provides a potentially interesting investigation of the relationship between carving work and timber features. The data for 480 artefacts recorded in a developed database ArISStArt for the Italian wooden statuary was analyzed to   receive the relationship between the wood species used in the statuary, the formal results of carving and the thickness of the preparatory layer. It was shown that such wood features as diffuse porosity and small variations in density within the growth ring are prevalent for wood carving. An esthetic potential and compatibility with other materials, such as preparation layer, are very important. 

Minor points:

1. For the part “Wood anatomy”  (lines 249-262) it would be better to use correct terms (see Hardwood List https://iawa-website.org/uploads/soft/Abstracts/IAWA%20list%20of%20microscopic%20features%20for%20hardwood%20identification.pdf

For example: “wood diffuse-porous”, “wood ring-porous”, “wood semi-ring-porous”.

2. For the part “Geographic distribution” it would be interesting to add short information about methods of confirmation of geographic location for the recorded artefacts.
3. For the part “Geographic distribution” for comparative analysis it would be better to add the Figure “Distribution of timbers in artworks from Italy”.

Author Response

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Authors want firstly thank the Reviewers for their attentive reading of this paper and the interesting suggested remarks that will surely improve the efficacy of the paper and its impact.

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Reviewer 2 Report

1) charts need improvement

2) graphics need improvement

3) conclusions should be completed, they are illegible

4) the article lacks a clearly stated thesis, please even briefly describe what the aim of the article is and what are the analyzes presented? or is it just a literature review?

5) the introduction should be supplemented with a broader study of the topic, what about milling, cutting? it is worth referring to this phenomenon below a few publications:

Lister, P. F. & Schajer, G. S. The effectiveness of the light-gap method for indicating changes in bandsaw frequency and stiffness. Holz als Roh-und Werkstoff 51, 260–266. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02629371 (1993).

Orlowski, K.A., Chuchala, D., Szczepanski, M. et al. Lateral forces determine dimensional accuracy of the narrow-kerf sawing of wood. Sci Rep 12, 86 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04129-3

and simmilar ones

 

6) the whole article requires correction, there is no clear indication of the analyzed research problem and its description, it should be corrected,

 

 

Please refer to the above comments in response to this review.

Author Response

Author’s reply to the Reviewer Reports

 

Authors want firstly thank the Reviewers for their attentive reading of this paper and the interesting suggested remarks that will surely improve the efficacy of the paper and its impact.

 

Here following, authors will answer punctually the remarks given by the reviewers. Replies are given in red print fonts.

 

Author Response File: Author Response.docx