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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| 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 75 7.034.7 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 |
| 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 |
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