Paleontology, archeology, and art history provide crucial information for the understanding
of human evolution throughout ages and its habits. Past animal and plant species are also …

Since the first reported analytical studies and technical examinations of art and
archaeological objects conducted in the late 18th century, analytical techniques and …

A novel GC/MS analytical procedure for the identification of lipids, waxes, proteins, and
resinous materials in the same microsample from painted works of art has been optimized. It …

A reliable analytical procedure has been developed for the characterisation of drying oils
and proteinaceous binders in samples of painted artworks. The method is based on …

The presented work proposes a new methodology based on proteomics techniques to
identify proteins in old art paintings. The main challenging tasks of this work were (i) to find …

The detection of complex poison recipes applied to ancient hunting weapons has the
potential to provide important insights into traditional pharmacological knowledge systems …

This review discusses the application of chromatographic techniques (GC, HPLC and Py‐
GC) for the characterisation of proteinaceous materials in artistic paintings. The focus is on …

This paper presents the most significant results obtained from the characterization of protein
and lipid binders in a broad range of reference paint materials prepared and stored at …

Featured Application The results derived from this research paper contribute to the body of
knowledge available for Vesuvian painting techniques and materials and are considered …

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy is a powerful analytical technique to study organic
materials. However, in Cultural Heritage, since the sample under analysis is always a …