Research advances about paintings on coffered-ceilings in the north of Portugal

Paintings on coffered ceilings are a set of compartments in a ceiling with images inside that can be decorative or figurative. Mostly in the Portuguese Baroque style some churches and chapels have paintings on coffered ceilings, typically of rectangular or square format. The paintings on coffered ce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Rodrigues, Rita, Calvo, Ana, Afonso, José Ferrao, Frade, José
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/35729
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/35729
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:7.025
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paintings
coffered ceilings
materials
conservation
pinturas
techos de casetones
materiales
conservación
Bellas Artes
Arte barroco
Conservación y restauración de obras de arte
Pintura (Bellas Artes)
6203 Teoría, Análisis y Critica de las Bellas Artes
5506.02 Historia del Arte
6203.07 Pintura
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Sumario:Paintings on coffered ceilings are a set of compartments in a ceiling with images inside that can be decorative or figurative. Mostly in the Portuguese Baroque style some churches and chapels have paintings on coffered ceilings, typically of rectangular or square format. The paintings on coffered ceilings usually focus in sacrum-religious aspects, relating the lives of Jesus or Mary. Generally the themes are connected to a particular place or church, describing the life o a Saint. The investigation provides a better understanding of the paintings on coffered ceilings, typologies, themes, conservation diagnosis and points out aspects which ought to be taken into consideration for their technical and material characteristics. It is through analytical methodologies that the conservator clarifies techniques and materials in works of art and makes the right conservation diagnostic in order to achieve the best possible methodologies for intervention