Pigments in Wall Painting: An Archaeometric Study
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Cross-Field Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 2044
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Identifying the pigments used in a wall painting is of doubtless interest as it allows the painting to be associated to a specific historical period. In addition, it can be useful to improve existing knowledge about social tastes and styles at a given placed and time and about the social and economic context where the painting was created. Identifying pigments requires using instrumental techniques of analysis. Some such techniques have experienced dramatic developments over the past two decades and enabled the identification at the molecular level of pigments used in different historical times. Especially prominent among such instrumental techniques are Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and Raman spectroscopies, and also scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Some identification techniques involve solvent extraction and derivatization of compounds whose subsequent analysis by gas or liquid chromatography is useful to identify pigment binders. Often, the previous instrumental techniques are additionally useful with a view to developing effective strategies for conserving and restoring wall paintings.
Prof. Dr. José R. Ruiz
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- wall painting
- pigments
- archaeometry
- spectroscopic techniques
- SEM-EDS
