Optical methods in tempera-on-wood painting restoration

Walter Maracineanu; Victor Coman; Joakim Striber

doi:10.1117/12.582969

21 October 2004 Optical methods in tempera-on-wood painting restoration

Walter Maracineanu, Victor Coman, Joakim Striber

Proceedings Volume 5581, ROMOPTO 2003: Seventh Conference on Optics; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.582969
Event: ROMOPTO 2003: Seventh Conference on Optics, 2003, Constanta, Romania

Abstract

The present study refers to an application of optical techniques in restoration of icons. These are, technically speaking, paintings on wood panel using pigments mixed with egg yolk. Making a section through the layers that compose an icon, they appear in the following order: a support made of wood panel; a preparation made from a mixture of an organic glue and a substance for volume (most frequently used are CaSO₄ or CaCO₃ in natural spread forms of crystallization; a layer of paint and gold or silver sheets and the final almost transparent layer which consists in a natural resin also known as varnish. During the classic intervention, the specialist is assisted by modern optoelectronic devices. The cleaning process is based on the laser beam next to conventional methods. Cleaning with solvents or with scalpeds is less accurate than cleaning with laser and the precision of the later method is requested in fine art restoration.

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Walter Maracineanu, Victor Coman, and Joakim Striber "Optical methods in tempera-on-wood painting restoration", Proc. SPIE 5581, ROMOPTO 2003: Seventh Conference on Optics, (21 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.582969

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