25787
Accession Number
24066
Editor
Parrini, Paolo L.
Title Of Article Chaper
The Pavia Certosa: materials and decay of the church facade
Title Of Journal Book
Scientific methodologies applied to works of art: proceedings of the Symposium, Florence, Italy, 2-5 May, 1984
Pages
61-64, 233
Collation
6 plates, 14 refs.
Publisher
Montedison Progetto Cultura
Publisher City
Milan
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
Symposium on scientific methodologies applied to works of art
Meeting City
Florence
Abstract
The stone church facade of the Pavia Certosa was executed between 1473 and 1553. Later work, siting of sculptures, repair of damaged sculptures, replacement of stone materials, was carried out up to the 20th century. The studies on the stone elements of the facade take into account the facade area corresponding to the right hand chapels. Different stone materials were identified: Candoglia marble (pink, white, grey) for the facade; Carrara marble (white) for the sculptures and decorative elements. Other stones from the Southern Alps, Simona stone (purple), Verona stone (red), Vapenna stone (black), Oira stone (green), were also used with decorative aims. In addition, there are stones obtained from recycling stone materials from buildings of the Roman age (porphyrites, hiculleum, etc.). The Candoglia marble is in a fairly good state of preservation; Carrara marble is in a precarious state of conservation.
Keywords
Building, stone; stone, working technique; stone, deterioration; stone, marble; stone, classification; stone, analysis; building material, stone; ICCROM
pub_id
25787
Meeting Date
19840502-19840505