God is in the detail. Gold, silver and polychromy

The visible polychromy of a wooden sculpture representing St. John the Evangelist, from Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon (Portugal) presents several techniques that complement each other on the creation of a sumptuous estofado. This case-study allowed the survey on gilding, silvering and polychromy practices, and observations on their execution are briefly reported and documented with results from a multi-analytical approach. Examination included digital photomicrography and the observation of micro-samples cross-sections, while material identification resorted to several analytical methods that included scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD).

Los Arroquía, una desconocida familia de pintores barrocos en el País Vasco

[ES] En este trabajo presentamos el perfil humano y profesional de Pedro de Arroquía (1667-1738) y de su hijo Cosme Ignacio (1689-1740), dos desconocidos pintores guipuzcoanos que trabajaron a lo largo del País Vasco y la Rioja, dando a conocer algunas obras inéditas de su producción documentada y conservada.

El pintor navarro Juan Ochoa de Arín (1600-1652) y su producción en Gipuzkoa

Investigación realizada dentro del Programa de Formación y Perfeccionamiento de Personal Investigador del Gobierno Vasco (2010-2013).

Transformaciones en el retablo mayor de San Miguel Arcángel de Lazkao (Gipuzkoa): del Barroco al Neoclasicismo

[ES] El retablo mayor de la localidad guipuzcoana de Lazkao fue realizado por Juan de Ursularre en 1683, siguiendo los parámetros de la retablística barroca. Queriendo engrandecer su aspecto, fue paulatinamente transformado durante el siglo XVIII. Por ello se concibió un nuevo cascarón con pinturas enviadas desde Madrid y más tarde se adecuó a los nuevos gustos neoclásicos mediante una radical reforma realizada en 1791 que consistió en eliminar todo atisbo de decoración barroca.

The use of cues for attention in ancient Greek art: aspects that influence concentration in the work of art and its elements

The goal of this study is to identify cues for the cognitive process of attention in ancient Greek art, aiming to find confirmation of its possible use by ancient Greek audiences and artists. Evidence of cues that trigger attention’s psychological dispositions was searched through content analysis of image reproductions of ancient Greek sculpture and fine vase painting from the archaic to the Hellenistic period - ca. 7th -1st cent. BC. Through this analysis, it was possible to observe the presence of cues that trigger orientation to the work of art (i.e. amplification, contrast, emotional salience, simplification, symmetry), of a cue that triggers a disseminate attention to the parts of the work (i.e. distribution of elements) and of cues that activate selective attention to specific elements in the work of art (i.e. contrast of elements, salient color, central positioning of elements, composition regarding the flow of elements and significant objects). Results support the universality of those dispositions, probably connected with basic competencies that are hard-wired in the nervous system and in the cognitive processes.

Ueber die polychromie der griechischen architektur and sculptur und ihre Grenzen /

Includes bibliographical references.

Restitution du temple d'Empédocle à Sélinonte; ou, L'architecture polychrôme chez les Grecs.

Mode of access: Internet.

La polychromie dans la statuaire du moyen âge et de la Renaissance.

Extrait des Mémoires de la Société nationale des antiquaires de France, t. 48.