This review focuses on the progress made and recent developments regarding the use of
portable Raman spectrometric devices in the geosciences as well as with scientific testing of …

Raman spectroscopy is considered as one of the most appreciated analytical techniques in
the cultural heritage research field, thanks to some of its favourable characteristics such as …

Diagnostics on historical art samples are decisive for assessing degradation and
understanding the chemical composition of supports and polychromies. These …

This article reviews the research recently undertaken to characterise and identify early
synthetic dyes (ESDs) and synthetic organic pigments (SOPs) as well as study their …

The identification of the dyes present on a linen fragment from the tomb of Pharaoh
Tutankhamun is the objective of the present study. Fiber optic reflectance spectroscopy …

In several of his artworks, for instance the Venezie cycle, Fontana employed metallic paints;
previous investigations on such materials highlighted the use of different synthetic binders …

Tholu Bommalu are typical leather puppets of the traditional Indian shadow theatre. Two of
these objects are part of a collection in the International Puppets Museum “Antonio …

We present the results of a diagnostic campaign on three of Giuseppe Capogrossi's abstract
paintings from the 1950s and 1960s, conserved at the National Gallery of Modern and …

Murals recently gained popularity in Indonesia due to the case of mural bombardment in
several regions in 2021 related to the effect of the covid-19 outbreak. There were a lot of …

This chapter deals with the analytical applications of synchrotron radiation (SR) sources for
the investigation of artwork materials on microscopic and submicroscopic scales. More than …