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THE STUCCO TECHNIQUE OF THE MAGISTRI COMACINI: THE CASE STUDY OF SANTA MARIA DEI GHIRLI IN CAMPIONE D'ITALIA (COMO, ITALY)
Author(s) -
RAMPAZZI L.,
RIZZO B.,
COLOMBO C.,
CONTI C.,
REALINI M.,
BARTOLUCCI U.,
COLOMBINI M. P.,
SPIRITI A.,
FACCHIN L.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2011.00651.x
Subject(s) - art , microprobe , biography , mass spectrometry , scanning electron microscope , baroque , analytical chemistry (journal) , archaeology , materials science , art history , geology , chemistry , mineralogy , geography , composite material , chromatography
This paper is aimed at defining the artistic technique performed by the outstanding artist Isidoro Bianchi for the Baroque stucco decorations in the church of Santa Maria dei Ghirli (Campione d'Italia, Italy). Samples of stucco were examined by means of optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy with a microprobe, X‐ray powder diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, gas chromatography–mass spectrometry and laser ablation mass spectrometry equipped with plasma source spectrometry. On the basis of the results obtained, art historians have made new hypotheses on the biography of the artist and on the historical location of his birthplace.