Lacquer in the Americas
A special issue of Heritage (ISSN 2571-9408). This special issue belongs to the section "Museum and Heritage".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2024) | Viewed by 27635
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pigments; Asian lacquer; American lacquer; heritage science
Interests: Asian lacquer; American lacquer; furniture
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The study of Indigenous American coatings, including mopa mopa and Mexican lacquer, has recently come to the fore with new discoveries and reinterpretations, thanks to the work of scientific, conservation and art historical research groups worldwide in the last two decades.
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of Heritage. As a multidisciplinary publication focusing on indigenous American coatings, it will cover art historical, conservation and scientific research on objects from both institutional and private collections around the world. The publication will become the principal resource on the subject, providing an updated overview of current knowledge, new research and areas of development as well as current discussions on the importance of the materials to the study of the region itself. Submissions will be published in English and Spanish for the widest possible dissemination and can be submitted in either language.
Contributions can include research into objects decorated with mopa mopa, barniz de Pasto, Mexican lacquer, or other indigenous resins or lacquer-like coatings either pre- or post-1500, their significance, and can either review and update past work or contain original results.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Lucia Burgio
Guest Editors
Dana Melchar
Monica Katz
Co-Guest Editors
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Keywords
- barniz de Pasto
- barniz brilliante
- mopa mopa
- chia oil
- calomel
- mercury white
- aje fat
- coccus axin
- chicalote
- qeros
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