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Gothic canvas painting: an example of technology responding to requirments of the liturgy

SYSNO ASEP	0441802
Document Type	C - Proceedings Paper (int. conf.)
R&D Document Type	Conference Paper
Title	Gothic canvas painting: an example of technology responding to requirments of the liturgy
Author(s)	Hradilová, J. (CZ) Hradil, David (UACH-T)_{RID, SAI}
Source Title	ESRARC 2014 : 6th european symposium on religious art, restoration & conservation : proceeding book. - Firenze : Nardini editore, 2014 - ISBN 9788840443652
Pages	s. 116-119
Number of pages	4 s.
Publication form	Print - P
Action	European Symposium on Religious Art, Restoration and Conservation /6./
Event date	09.06.2014-11.06.2014
VEvent location	Florence
Country	IT - Italy
Event type	WRD
Language	eng - English
Country	IT - Italy
Keywords	Gothic canvas painting ; Tüchleinmalerei ; imprimitura ; materials research
Subject RIV	CA - Inorganic Chemistry
R&D Projects	GA14-22984S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
Annotation	Materials and technological characteristics of large-scale canvas painting The Assumption from White Mountain (around 1450), National Gallery in Prague, have been described with the aim to determine the origin of the artwork. Application of traditional medieaval pigments, execution only the imprimitura instead of conventional ground layer and the shape and distribution of cracks comfi rmed fi nally that the painting is original, not transferred, not a copy, and was probably used as a portable painting within Christian liturgy. The simplifi ed technology of making was responding (as in other similar cases) to initially intended temporary usage of these paintings as fasting canvases, flags in liturgical processions, imitation of tapestries etc., and lead to generally worst state of their preservation with respect to more frequent wooden panels.
Workplace	Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
Contact	Jana Kroneislová, krone@iic.cas.cz, Tel.: 311 236 931
Year of Publishing	2015

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