The laser cleaning of wall paintings

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Gaetani, Maria Carolina ^a   Santamaria, Ulderico ^a  

^a Istituto Centrale per il Restauro   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alteration; Cleaning; Laser; Pigments; Wall painting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034238685     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1296-2074(00)00137-0     Document Type: Article

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