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 …

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 …

Painting materials used in Spanish American Colonial art comprised pigments and binders
from European origin as well as those that were already known in pre-Hispanic times. In …

For millennia, qeros have been a primary component of ceremonially and politically
important toasting rituals in the Andes and retain their cultural significance to this day. These …

In this work, we studied protein binders in micro-samples from mural paintings from two 18th
century Colonial Andean churches located in the northernmost region of Chile using a …

The arrival of Spaniards in the Caribbean islands introduced to the region the practice of
applying pigments onto buildings. The pigments that remain on these buildings may provide …

Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy (GFAAS) was applied to identification of
historical pigments. The method is adapted to determine different metals, usually found in …

Carminic acid (CA) and other related compounds have been widely used as dyes in cultural
heritage, cosmetics and the food industry. Therefore, the study of their properties upon …