Research on the materiality of Andean Colonial artistic heritage contributes to the
knowledge on the cultural and social history of the region. In this work we present the results …

This article describes two of the most common natural sources of red anthraquinones that
have been used since antiquity for textile dyeing and as lake pigments, namely cochineal …

Abstract The Andean church of San Andrés de Pachama is located in the highland of the
northernmost of Chile, near the limit with Bolivia and next to the Ruta de la Plata. This …

Pigment samples obtained from a South American Jesuit wooden sculpture housed at the
Museum of Natural Sciences in La Plata, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, were …

The image of Our Lady of Copacabana is a gilded polychrome sculpture manufactured in
maguey wood at the end of the 16th century. It is a highly devotional image in the Andean …

Abstract In 2014 the Hispanic Society Museum & Library, New York, acquired a viceregal
Spanish American lacquered gourd, dating to 17th-century Colombia, which was decorated …

Introduction Carbon-based pigments are a group of dark-colored materials, which are
classified according to the starting material used and their manufacturing process. Raman …

Copper resinate is a green pigment widely used by the 16th century painters, as many
surveys on Italian and European paintings proved. The pigment is a transparent green …

This work describes the characterization of green pigments in wall paintings from the
Andean churches of San José de Soracachi and Santiago de Callapa in Bolivia, located on …

A decorated and carved wooden door of the late Byzantine period (14th Century), which
belongs to the Dionysiou Monastery in Mount Athos, Greece, constitutes an important relic of …