Investigations of a Gandharan stucco head of the Buddha at the Victoria and Albert Museum (IM.3-1931)

Investigations of a Gandharan stucco head of the Buddha at the Victoria and Albert Museum (IM.3-1931)

This study presents the results of a technical and art historical study of an important Gandharan head from the Victoria and Albert Museum. For several years, the head has played an important role in the history of Gandharan art, because of its high aesthetic qualities. However, the head has receive...

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Auteurs principaux: Verri, Giovanni, Luczanits, Christian, Borges, Victor, Barnard, Nick, Clarke, John
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Langue:Anglais
Publié: Technè 2020
Sujets:
polychromie
Gandhara
stuc
plâtre de gâchage
polychromy
stucco
gauging plaster
Accès en ligne:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:techne_2792 https://doi.org/10.4000/techne.2792 urn:doi:10.4000/techne.2792 en https://journals.openedition.org/techne/2792 2020-09-10T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/l8hz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Investigations of a Gandharan stucco head of the Buddha at the Victoria and Albert Museum (IM.3-1931) Technè C2RMF info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2750-6185 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1254-7867 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/techne Verri, Giovanni Luczanits, Christian Borges, Victor Barnard, Nick Clarke, John polychromie Gandhara stuc plâtre de gâchage polychromy Gandhara stucco gauging plaster This study presents the results of a technical and art historical study of an important Gandharan head from the Victoria and Albert Museum. For several years, the head has played an important role in the history of Gandharan art, because of its high aesthetic qualities. However, the head has received limited scholarly attention since its first display in the 1930s. This study reviewed the head’s physical, curatorial and conservation history and determined its construction using non-invasive and non-contact investigative techniques (technical imaging, FTIR, XRF and FORS). The support consists of several layers of a lime- and gypsum-based plaster (gauging plaster) and only salient elements of the face (e.g. lips, eyes and hairline) and the hair were painted, with a high-quality red ochre and with an unidentified black pigment, respectively. A careful examination of the construction of the head allowed to determine that it probably belonged to an iconic representation of the Buddha, as opposed to a narrative scene. Cette étude présente les résultats d’une recherche technique et historique sur une importante tête du Gandhara conservée au Victoria and Albert Museum, à Londres. Cette œuvre occupe depuis des années une place éminente dans l’histoire de l’art gandharien en raison de sa grande qualité esthétique. Pourtant, elle n’a guère été étudiée scientifiquement depuis son exposition au musée dans les années 1930. Aux recherches sur les données matérielles, muséales et de conservation-restauration s’est ajoutée une analyse structurelle utilisant des techniques non-invasives hors contact : imagerie, spectroscopie IRTF (Spectrométrie infrarouge par transformée de Fourier), XRF (analyse par fluorescence X), FORS (Spectrométrie par réflexion à l’aide de fibre optique). Le support se compose de plusieurs couches de mortier chaux-plâtre (plâtre de gâchage). Les pigments, appliqués uniquement sur les principaux traits du visage (tels que les lèvres, les yeux) et sur les cheveux, sont respectivement une ocre rouge de grande qualité et un noir non identifié. Un examen attentif de la construction de la tête a permis de déterminer qu’elle appartenait probablement à une représentation iconique du Bouddha, par opposition aux scènes narratives.
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topic polychromie
Gandhara
stuc
plâtre de gâchage
polychromy
Gandhara
stucco
gauging plaster
spellingShingle polychromie
Gandhara
stuc
plâtre de gâchage
polychromy
Gandhara
stucco
gauging plaster
Verri, Giovanni
Luczanits, Christian
Borges, Victor
Barnard, Nick
Clarke, John
Investigations of a Gandharan stucco head of the Buddha at the Victoria and Albert Museum (IM.3-1931)
description This study presents the results of a technical and art historical study of an important Gandharan head from the Victoria and Albert Museum. For several years, the head has played an important role in the history of Gandharan art, because of its high aesthetic qualities. However, the head has received limited scholarly attention since its first display in the 1930s. This study reviewed the head’s physical, curatorial and conservation history and determined its construction using non-invasive and non-contact investigative techniques (technical imaging, FTIR, XRF and FORS). The support consists of several layers of a lime- and gypsum-based plaster (gauging plaster) and only salient elements of the face (e.g. lips, eyes and hairline) and the hair were painted, with a high-quality red ochre and with an unidentified black pigment, respectively. A careful examination of the construction of the head allowed to determine that it probably belonged to an iconic representation of the Buddha, as opposed to a narrative scene.
author Verri, Giovanni
Luczanits, Christian
Borges, Victor
Barnard, Nick
Clarke, John
author_facet Verri, Giovanni
Luczanits, Christian
Borges, Victor
Barnard, Nick
Clarke, John
author_sort Verri, Giovanni
title Investigations of a Gandharan stucco head of the Buddha at the Victoria and Albert Museum (IM.3-1931)
title_short Investigations of a Gandharan stucco head of the Buddha at the Victoria and Albert Museum (IM.3-1931)
title_full Investigations of a Gandharan stucco head of the Buddha at the Victoria and Albert Museum (IM.3-1931)
title_fullStr Investigations of a Gandharan stucco head of the Buddha at the Victoria and Albert Museum (IM.3-1931)
title_full_unstemmed Investigations of a Gandharan stucco head of the Buddha at the Victoria and Albert Museum (IM.3-1931)
title_sort investigations of a gandharan stucco head of the buddha at the victoria and albert museum (im.3-1931)
publisher Technè
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