9/20/2023 0 Comments Medieval illuminations![]() ![]() Panayotova (“Inside the Grandes Heures of Philip the Bold. ![]() Both presenters used the results of their non-invasive technical examinations – infrared reflectography (IRR) to investigate the underdrawing, UV reflectance spectroscopy and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for pigment identification – to better differentiate technical properties and ultimately to find new arguments to support the attribution of the miniatures to different masters already established by art historians. The study is part of the larger research project MINIARE, dedicated to the technical analysis of illuminated manuscripts at the University of Cambridge its results will be presented to a broader public in a large exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in 2016. The first part of the morning session was opened by the curator Stella Panayotova and her scientific research collaborator Paola Ricciardi, both of the Fitzwilliam Museum, who presented their research on the Grandes Heures of the duke Philip the Bold (ms. The wide attendance of both manuscripts conservators, art historians and students has proven that the subject did not only touch questions of general relevance for all the disciplines but also revealed the need for a broader and more accessible presentation of methodologies and appropriate means of communication between science and humanities to fruitfully link both specialties. Marina Van Bos (KIK-IRPA), Lieve Watteeuw (Illuminare) and Anne Dubois (KU Leuven & UCL) organized the study day held at the KIK-IRPA in Brussels, which turned into such a large success that it could have well filled a much broader conference program. The interest in the technical study of illuminated manuscripts has long been neglected outside the conservation studios and, for a long time, was only rarely a point of interdisciplinary discussion between conservators and art historians. The increasing knowledge about material properties is considerable and can help in many ways not only to determine the condition of a work of art but also to better understand aspects of its creation, its alteration throughout time and the artists’ working methods. Investigation techniques such as X-radiography, infrared reflectography and various methods of pigment analysis and molecular identification belong to the standard procedures of painting examination and are also used by curators in modern museums today. ![]() The first interdisciplinary studies in the field of panel painting such as the conference series Le dessin sous-jacent dans la peinture, which was first held in 1977, have brought attention to new methods and questions of research. It was first and foremost pursued by conservators and used for object-based analysis carried out in the curatorial departments of museums all around the world. Art technical research on works of art has been a major field of interest for more several decades now. ![]()
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