Browsing Institutt for arkeologi, konservering og historie by Author "Caruso, Francesco"
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Ford, Thierry; Rizzo, Adriana; Hendriks, Ella; Frøysaker, Tine; Caruso, Francesco (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)The availability and popularity of portable non-invasive instrumentation for the study of paintings has increased due to a shift away from using micro-invasive techniques. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) is ...
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A non-invasive study of the effect of three commercial cleaning products on shellac-coated mahogany Apneseth, Ingrid Fitje; Maguregui, Maite; Vichi, Alessandra; Caruso, Francesco (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)The Royal Palace of Norway has a large 19th century wooden furniture collection and most of it is coated with shellac-based varnishes. Since these objects are part of the royal collections, they are still in daily use at ...
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Flatt, Robert J.; Caruso, Francesco; Aguilar Sanchez, Asel Maria; Scherer, George W. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)Many porous materials are damaged by pressure exerted by salt crystals growing in their pores. This is a serious issue in conservation science, geomorphology, geotechnical engineering and concrete materials science. In all ...
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Identification of green pigments and binders in late medieval painted wings from Norwegian churches Platania, Elena; Streeton, Noëlle Lynn Wenger; Lluveras-Tenorio, Anna; Vila, Anna; Buti, David; Caruso, Francesco; Kutzke, Hartmut; Karlsson, Arne; Colombini, Maria Perla; Uggerud, Einar (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Greenpigmentsinmicro-samplestakenfromthreelate-medievalpaintedobjectsfromNorwegianchurcheshavebeen investigated with the aim to characterize their constituents and understand how they relate to damagesobserved in passages ...
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McQueen, Caitlin M A; Mortensen, Martin N; Caruso, Francesco; Mantellato, Sara; Braovac, Susan (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Oxygen consumption measurement was used to study potential oxidative degradation reactions occurring in wooden artefacts from the Viking age Oseberg collection in Norway. Model samples of fresh birch were impregnated with ...
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Flatt, Robert J.; Aly Mohamed, Nevin; Caruso, Francesco; Derluyn, Hannelore; Desarnaud, Julie; Lubelli, Barbara; Espinosa-Marzal, Rosa Maria; Pel, Leo; Rodriguez-Navarro, Carlos; Scherer, George W.; Shahidzadeh, Noushine; Steiger, Michael (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Salt crystallization is accepted to represent one of the major causes for the degradation of building and ornamental stone. As such, it has attracted the attention of researchers, who over the years have progressively ...
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Marketou, Ariadne Kostomitsopoulou; Giannici, Francesco; Handberg, Søren; De Nolf, Wout; Cotte, Marine; Caruso, Francesco (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)This paper examines the production technology of Egyptian blue, an ancient artificial pigment, through the investigation of an unsuccessfully produced pellet derived from the Hellenistic production site of Kos (Dodecanese, ...
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Caruso, Francesco; Mantellato, Sara; Streeton, Noëlle L W; Frøysaker, Tine (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Micro-samples from 57 original paint tubes used between 1904 and 1909 by the Norwegian painter, Harriet Backer were studied with inductively coupled plasma–optical emission spectroscopy (ICP–OES). This accurate elemental ...
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Fredriksen, Per Ditlef; Rødsrud, Christian Løchsen; Caruso, Francesco (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)The unique ceramic production site at Augland in southernmost Norway thrived for more than 250 years until its demise in the troubled Migration Period. Contrary to previous opinions, we argue that production ended around ...