Analysis of post-Byzantine icons from the Church of the Assumption in Cephalonia, Ionian Islands, Greece: A multi-method approach

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 598, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 169-179

  Kouloumpi, Eleni ^a,c   Vandenabeele, Peter ^b   Lawson, Graham ^c   Pavlidis, Vassilios ^c   Moens, Luc ^b  

^a National Gallery Alexandros Soutzos Museum   (Greece)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Art analysis; Binding media; Energy dispersive X ray analysis; Gas chromatography; Post Byzantine icons; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PIGMENTS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ART ANALYSIS; BINDING MEDIA; POST-BYZANTINE ICONS;

PROTEINS;

CHLOROFORMIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; LINSEED OIL; OIL; PIGMENT;

ART; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EGG YOLK; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GREECE; HISTORY; PAINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RELIGION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECHNOLOGY; WALNUT;

BYZANTIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COLORING AGENTS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GREECE; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OILS; PAINTINGS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 34547697186     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2007.07.034     Document Type: Article

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