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All that Glitters is not Green
2012
The painter, carrying his easel, walks leisurely across the meadow that extends up to the limits of the summer sky. Under a chestnut tree he prepares his palette and his colors, then stretches and smiles. He is wearing a cotton shirt and slacks; a straw hat covers his curly hair. He walks barefoot because he likes the feel of the grass under his feet. This painter loves nature; he loves nature as an artist and as a scientist. This painter is a nuclear physicist, and his job consists in harnessing the elementary power of the atom, the one that makes the stars glow, in order to generate the power and hydrogen his town uses.
Joaquin Sorolla's pigment characterisation of the paintings ‘Vision of Spain’ by means of EDXRF portable system
2011
In this work, portable energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometry was employed to the characterisation of the palette used by the Spanish artist Joaquin Sorolla (1863–1923) in the paintings ‘Vision of Spain’, a set of 14 oils on canvas painted by Sorolla between 1911 and 1919 by order of Mr Archer Huntington to decorate the library of the Hispanic Society of America (HSA) in New York. The analyses, sponsored by BANCAJA and provided by the HSA, were carried out in situ, prior to the cleaning and restoration process, while the paintings hanging on the walls of the library of the HSA. The results revealed that the paintings were made over different priming layers containing, res…
PAUL CÉZANNE EN L’INICI LITERARI DE JOAN VINYOLI / PAUL CÉZANNE IN THE EARLY WORKS OF JOAN VINYOLI
2018
Joan Vinyoli, aquest treball aprofundeix en l’interes que el poeta txec li va traslladar per la pintura de Cezanne i per la seua doctrina de la composicio artistica. L’aprofundiment d’aquesta relacio interdiscursiva entre pintura i poesia s’exemplifica en la hipertextualitat que hi ha en dos poemes primerencs de Vinyoli, provinents dels seus dos primers poemaris, basats cadascun en dos quadres del pintor frances i elaborats des de la transformacio seriosa o transposicio en paraules. Paraules clau: Cezanne, Vinyoli, quadres, poemes. Abstract: Starting with a review of Rilke’s literary influence on the early poetic writings of JoanVinyoli, this paper goes on to delve more deeply into how the …
The influence of Japanese kimono on European bustles and their representation in the paintings of the late nineteenth century
2020
This article investigates the relationship between Europe and Japan at the end of the nineteenth century through the influence of the clothing from both countries. Paintings and portraits from that era are analysed. A typical European clothing piece of that period, the bustle, is proof that little by little the traditional Japanese kimono began to enter the fashion of England and France. In addition, the article also investigates how the Japanese kimono became a luxury item in Europe; however, it was used as a gown-style clothing for the home, losing its original function. At the same time, some kimono and furisode were trimmed and re-sewn as decorative parts of European bustles. The dresse…
A combination of portable non-invasive techniques to study on reverse glass paintings at Mistretta museum
2019
Abstract Reverse painting on glass is an old decorative technique used since the Roman time consisting in applying a cold paint layer on the reverse side. The Sicilian Regional Museum of forestry and pastoral traditions in Mistretta (Messina, Italy) houses the largest collection of reverse glass paintings in Italy with a total of 195 artworks. The artworks are attributed to the different Italian geographic area from north to south Italy. A combination of non-invasive analysis by using complementary portable spectroscopic instrumentations (mainly XRF and Raman Spectrometers) was applied on some selection of reverse glass paintings. The goal of the work is the characterization of the nature o…
Identification of lead pigments in nanosamples from ancient paintings and polychromed sculptures using voltammetry of nanoparticles/atomic force micr…
2007
Voltammetry of nanoparticles coupled with atomic force microscopy was used to identify lead pigments in nanosamples proceeding from works of art. Upon mechanical attachment of few nanograms of sample to a graphite plate, well-defined voltammetric responses were obtained for lead orange, lead yellow, lead white, litharge, minium, Naples yellow, and tin-lead yellow, allowing for an unambiguous identification of such pigments. Atomic force images provide evidence for the occurrence of pigment-characteristic reduction processes accompanied by metal deposition on the graphite substrate. Electrochemical parameters are used for pigment identification. Application to the method for identifying lead…
Actuality of Art Education at the Beginning of XX Century in East Europe. Graphic Constructions Through Gestaltung and Formenlehre in Figurative Crea…
2018
The great innovations in the field of the elaboration of forms and figures in the last century have often sometimes accompanied the amazement and optimism of the discovery, a methodological uncertainty shared with other fields of Knowledge. It is undeniable that the advent of information technology and representation—together with the socio-economic changes that have taken place—has laid the foundations for an irreversible ontological leap in the process of form processing, and yet very often there are references historians that can somehow inspire current theories and practices. In this sense, some interpretations considered to be classical, from Valery to Benjamin, from Arnheim to Waburg,…
Rethinking the stylistic categories of Portuguese 19th Century Sculpture: The Work of António Teixeira Lopes
2018
El artículo reflexiona sobre las categorías estilísticas de la escultura portuguesa del siglo XIX a partir del análisis de la obra de António Teixeira Lopes, considerado el principal representante del naturalismo escultórico de este país. En primer lugar, se aborda el concepto de naturalismo en la historia del arte portuguesa, ofreciendo una visión crítica sobre su separación en relación con el Romanticismo, a diferencia de la teoría dominante en la historiografía especializada sobre este tema. Al mismo tiempo, demostraremos la dificultad que entraña la aplicación de los conceptos de análisis de la pintura a la escultura cuando se analiza una obra de arte concreta. En segundo lugar, con el …
Perception and the ‘I’ in Samuel Beckett’s Company and Francis Bacon’s Paintings
2016
Este articulo analiza las relaciones entre la novela corta de Samuel Beckett Company (1980) y la pintura de Francis Bacon. El tema de la autopercepcion es el eje central de este estudio, que analiza la percepcion desde la perspectiva modernista del escritor y el pintor. El texto se halla estructurado en torno a dos visiones principales: la primera gira en torno a la ontologia fragmentaria evidente en ambos artistas, mientras que la segunda adopta un punto de partida mas estetico. Por medio de un analisis comparativo que desentrana y amplia aquello que transmite la obra de Beckett y Bacon alcanzaremos una mejor comprension tanto del relato del primero como de la pintura del segundo. This art…
Kairos, the decisive moment
2015
En este artículo haremos un recorrido conceptual por el término y las problemáticas de la fotografía, utilizando la figura de Cartier-Bresson como hilo conductor. Tras intentar determinar las características que la definen, analizaremos la relación de la misma con la pintura; trataremos de ver, a continuación, diferentes opiniones y posturas acerca de si puede o no considerarse arte; y apuntaremos, en última instancia, ciertos cambios en el concepto de belleza que ha conllevado esta nueva forma de reproducir el mundo. : In this article we will explore the concept and problems of photography, using the figure of Cartier-Bresson as the thread that runs through the entire essay. After trying t…