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MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY FOR THE DATING AND THE RESTORATION OF THE SAN VITO WOODEN PULPIT OF MUSEO DIOCESANO OF PALERMO
2017
The aim of the present research is to investigate the execution techniques of San Vito wooden pulpit in the Museo Diocesano of Palermo and to provide helpful information to dating it in addition to technical, historical and artistic evaluations. In particular, this paper describes the application of analytical techniques (imaging diagnostics techniques, Scanning Electron Microscopy coupled with X-ray Energy Dispersive spectroscopy Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) to better understand the pulpit characteristics, both support and decoration, useful to plan and perform the correct restoration.
Marmi gaginiani al Museo Diocesano di Palermo. Criteri di museologia
2007
The panel painting represinting Madonna con bambino e San Giovanni of Museo Diocesano of Palermo: Scientific studies for the restoration
2017
The present research focuses on a painting on wood representing the Madonna con Bambino e San Giovanni, attributed to an unknown artist belonging to the Cretan-Venetian school, dated to the end of 16th century. The aim of the study is to provide a complete knowledge of the characteristics of the artefact in order to plane and perform a procedure according to conservative restoration. Historical and artistic evaluations and technical investigations were carried out for identifying the context, the constitutive materials and the executive techniques. The study was supported by the application of non-invasive (multispectral investigations and X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy) and analytical tec…
Un'iconografia "trasfigurata": da santa Cecilia di Riccardo Quartararo a Santa Barbara di Cristoforo Faffeo
2016
Il volume, concepito secondo una metodologia multidisciplinare, propone all'attenzione degli studiosi nuovi dati per la conoscenza di una tavola dipinta dell'ultimo quarto del XV secolo proveniente al Museo Diocesano di Palermo dalla Cattedrale; finora attribuita a Riccardo Quartararo e identificata come Santa Cecilia solo per la presenza dell'angelo musico, l'opera viene qui correttamente riconosciuta, dopo il restauro, come Santa Barbara per l'imponente torre a donjon retrostante e attribuita al pittore napoletano Cristoforo Faffeo sulla base non solo di analogie stilistico-formali, ma di evidenze tecnico-esecutive e scientifiche nel confronto con altre opere riferite allo stesso e al Qua…