CHSOS just came back from Colours 2015 in Evora, Portugal. We gave a Plenary lecture “Innovative and Sustainable Technical Art Examination and Color Documentation”. Thanks to the organizers, and in particular to Milene Gil, Antonio Candeias and the HERCULES lab team, for this event in beautiful Evora. Scientific examination and documentation of art is expensive. The
We just added a new interactive table to easily retrieve technical info on each of the 54 historical pigments on our Pigments Checker. It is now immediate to read the info provided by the manufacturer and also check the 2 main web resources on artistic pigments, Pigments Through the Ages and the new Colourlex. Visit the
Terrarossa Studio is a group of Conservation Scientists operating in Southern Italy in different fields of cultural heritage materials analysis. We joined our expertise and skills in order to provide a more advanced service. Contact: mariacristinacaggiani@virgilio.it We first got in contact when Terrarossa launched its initiative and they requested out Training program on Technical Photography
We have been shipping our Pigments Checker to conservators and researchers and we are glad now to receive photos showing how they use it for their studies. See all our tools we make for art examination on our TOOLS Page
Just published a brief report on the discovery of a XVIII century Annunciation hidden under a same subject XIX century painting. DOWNLOAD During the conservation of the later painting the numerous paint losses indicated to the skilled conservators that another painting was well preserved behind it and it was worth to separate them (strappo). An high