Visualizing and measuring gold leaf in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Italian gold ground paintings using scanning macro X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy: a new tool for advancing art historical research

The size, shape, and application techniques of gold leaf in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century gold ground panel paintings attributed to artists working in Florence, Siena, and Fabriano was directly visualized using in situ scanning macro X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (MA-XRF). The resulting gold (...

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Main Authors: Delaney, J.K (Author), Dooley, K.A (Author), Llewellyn, L. (Author), MacLennan, D. (Author), Patterson, C.S (Author), Szafran, Y. (Author), Trentelman, K. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Springer 2019
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