Various, and often contradictory, hypotheses have been raised for more than a century concerning the composition of ancient varnishes of musical instruments, in particular those made by Antonio Stradivari. Neither these hypotheses, nor the rare experimental results, allow grasping correctly the varnishing processes used by European instrument-makers until the end of the 18th century. The aim of this PhD work is to confront information collected in historical sources with the analysis of a group of instruments varnishes using a specific analytical methodology. First, the study of written and iconographical documents shows that a general and coherent understanding of this topic is not achievable on the basis of these sole elements. Then, a me...
In the Cultural Heritage field, the stratigraphic analysis is carried out through the study of cross...
The presented project has a clearly defined object of research, namely the brass instruments used in...
International audienceWhat is Stradivari's “secret”? The composition of the mythical varnish that co...
Various, and often contradictory, hypotheses have been raised for more than a century concerning the...
Diverses hypothèses, souvent contradictoires, ont été émises sur la composition des vernis anciens d...
The characterization of materials such as glues, paints, pigments, binders and varnishes used to cre...
E-MRS symposium conference, Strasbourg, June 2007.Though ancient violins and other stringed instrume...
A multi-analytical investigation was carried out to study varnish micro-samples from historical stri...
In recent years, a growing attention has been addressed to the study of the varnish from early music...
In recent years, scientific diagnostic analysis has increasingly focused on historical musical instr...
In recent years, a growing attention has been addressed to the study of the varnish from early music...
During recent decades, many researchers have tried to understand the main influences on the extraord...
Background: Several musical instruments in the past centuries were decorated with engravings, inlays...
The study and characterization of the materials of historic musical instruments, especially violins,...
Historical bowed string instruments exhibit acoustic features and aesthetic appeal that are still co...
In the Cultural Heritage field, the stratigraphic analysis is carried out through the study of cross...
The presented project has a clearly defined object of research, namely the brass instruments used in...
International audienceWhat is Stradivari's “secret”? The composition of the mythical varnish that co...
Various, and often contradictory, hypotheses have been raised for more than a century concerning the...
Diverses hypothèses, souvent contradictoires, ont été émises sur la composition des vernis anciens d...
The characterization of materials such as glues, paints, pigments, binders and varnishes used to cre...
E-MRS symposium conference, Strasbourg, June 2007.Though ancient violins and other stringed instrume...
A multi-analytical investigation was carried out to study varnish micro-samples from historical stri...
In recent years, a growing attention has been addressed to the study of the varnish from early music...
In recent years, scientific diagnostic analysis has increasingly focused on historical musical instr...
In recent years, a growing attention has been addressed to the study of the varnish from early music...
During recent decades, many researchers have tried to understand the main influences on the extraord...
Background: Several musical instruments in the past centuries were decorated with engravings, inlays...
The study and characterization of the materials of historic musical instruments, especially violins,...
Historical bowed string instruments exhibit acoustic features and aesthetic appeal that are still co...
In the Cultural Heritage field, the stratigraphic analysis is carried out through the study of cross...
The presented project has a clearly defined object of research, namely the brass instruments used in...
International audienceWhat is Stradivari's “secret”? The composition of the mythical varnish that co...