Spectroscopic and chromatographic studies of sculptural polychromy in the Zhongshan Grottoes (R.P.C.)

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-75

  Cauzzi, Diego ^a   Chiavari, Giuseppe ^b   Montalbani, Simona ^b   Melucci, Dora ^b   Cam, Darinn ^c   Ling, He ^d  

^a Superintendence for the Historical Artistic   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Environmental Research Centre   (Italy)

^d XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Binders; China; FT IR spectroscopy; Micro Raman spectroscopy; Pigments; Py GC MS; Sculptural polychromy; SEM EDS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872768784     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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