Manuel des principes d’étude stratigraphique de la polychromie

The triumphal cross of the cathedral of Nevers: painting technique and examination

The large polychrome wooden cross preserved in the Saint-Cyr et Sainte-Julitte cathedral in Nevers was badly damaged during the bombing in July 1944. Restored and put on display on a modern cross in front of the choir, the sculpture suffered a new fall in 2015. The conservation of the work, directed by DRAC-CRMH of Burgundy-Franche-Comté, was preceded by a phase of technical study. Micro-stratigraphic, taxonomic and radiometric analyses and the dendrochronology of the cross were carried out. The dendrochronology of the cross of Nevers and the comparison with radiocarbon dating place the elaboration of the work in the last quarter of the 12th century while confirming the contemporaneousness …

Entourage de Jean de la Huerta : La sculpture sur bois du Maître de Neublans

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La sculpture sur bois romane de Bourgogne. Styles, techniques, restauration

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Roman wood sculptures from Burgundy

For the first time, the corpus of Roman wood sculptures from Burgundy is gathered together in a catalogue, with added photographic documents and bibliography. The twenty-five sculptures are listed and studied from a stylistic, iconographic and technical point of view. In the XIIth century, an actual school of monastic wood sculpture seemed to develop within the boundaries of the duchy of Burgundy, bringing a great diversity as far as formal and technical contributions are concerned. The sculptures that are the most representative to help the understanding of those numerous contributions are thoroughly studied. Their stylistic relationships with manuscripts dating back from the Carolingian R…

La statue romane de Notre-Dame de Bon –Espoir

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Il crocifisso ligneo borgognone di Varenne-l’Arconce e la plastica renana dell’XI secolo

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