Recent investigations into the Windsor Leonardos
The 555 drawings by Leonardo at Windsor Castle, almost all from his studio at his death, permit a comprehensive survey of his drawing materials. In recent years, a wide range of techniques have been employed to study these materials, and the results of these investigations are presented here. These...
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| الحاوية / القاعدة: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/techne, |
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| التنسيق: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| اللغة: | Anglais |
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2024
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| الملخص: | The 555 drawings by Leonardo at Windsor Castle, almost all from his studio at his death, permit a comprehensive survey of his drawing materials. In recent years, a wide range of techniques have been employed to study these materials, and the results of these investigations are presented here. These include transmitted light, to study paper structure and watermarks; stereo microscopy; raking light with digital subtraction of images, to reveal his use of blind stylus; infrared reflectance imaging, to study carbon-based underdrawing and to distinguish silverpoint from leadpoint; ultraviolet imaging, to recover faded metalpoint drawings; X-ray fluorescence, to produce element maps and suggest the reasons for this fading; and Raman spectroscopy, to determine the chemical compounds in some of Leonardo’s pigments and dyes. |
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