Étude scientifique des peintures murales de Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe
The scientific study of the wall paintings of the nave of the Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe abbey was carried out at the Laboratoire de Recherche des Monuments Historiques. It is part of a multidisciplinary research program conducted in collaboration with conservators and art historians. The observation...
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| Language: | fra |
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Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
2013-11-01
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| Series: | In Situ |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/insitu/10632 |
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| Summary: | The scientific study of the wall paintings of the nave of the Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe abbey was carried out at the Laboratoire de Recherche des Monuments Historiques. It is part of a multidisciplinary research program conducted in collaboration with conservators and art historians. The observation and analysis of samples from the vault reveal that the paintings have been executed using a fresco technique in the first bays (bays 1-3) and using a secco technique on a limewash support in the following bays (bays 4-9). The pigments, which were also identified, have been mixed with grains of calcite from a metamorphic rock that is similar to marble. The presence of this filler is a marker of the original paint layer that allows to distinguish it from later repaints which are ultimately limited. |
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| ISSN: | 1630-7305 |