The contribution of gas chromatography to the resynthesis of the post-Byzantine artist's technique

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 387, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 803-812

  Kouloumpi, Eleni ^a   Lawson, Graham ^b   Pavlidis, Vassilios ^b  

^a National Gallery Alexandros Soutzos Museum   (Greece)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binding media identification; Egg tempera; Ethyl chloroformate derivatives; Gas chromatography; Post Byzantine icon paintings

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DERIVATIVES; EMULSIONS; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PAINT;

ANALYTICAL STUDY; BINDING MEDIA IDENTIFICATION; EGG TEMPERA; ETHYL CHLOROFORMATE DERIVATIVES; POST-BYZANTINE ICON PAINTINGS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AMINO ACID; CHLOROFORMIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; FATTY ACID; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OIL; PAINT; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EGG YOLK; EMULSION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GREECE; HISTORY; HYDROLYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; PAINTING;

AMINO ACIDS; BYZANTIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; EGG YOLK; EMULSIONS; FATTY ACIDS; FORMIC ACID ESTERS; GREECE; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HYDROLYSIS; OILS; PAINT; PAINTINGS; PROTEINS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 33846632681     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-006-0802-x     Document Type: Article

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