Centre d'Analyses et de Recherche en Art et ArchéologieThis category is also known under the classical term of “fire arts”. It includes glasses (coloured or not), stained-glass, porcelain, ceramic, terracotta, but also some siliceous materials which have not necessarily undergone intentional thermal metamorphosis: flint, obsidian, mosaics, … The study of the matrix and fillers The analyses that we conduct at CARAA on such…
The analysis of artworks made of ceramics or glass consist first in the study of the matrix: the distribution of the grains in a porcelain, in a clay preparation, etc. Elemental analyzes (e.g ICP-MS, ICP-AES, EDS, XRF, …) are mainly used to characterize the major elements (silica, fluxes, modifiers), minors (e.g. coloring oxides) and trace…
In Paris, the incredible story of a work of art found by chance … Details of analyzes and examinations conducted at CARAA
Etude et identification de fibres d’amiante dans une collection de livres du 18ème s. • Bouchard M. et al., 2008, at AIC’2008, Denver, USA. pdf Etude et identification de fibres d’amiante dans une « lanterne magique » (fin 19ème s.) (non publié) Identification d’uranium dans une photographie utilisant le procédé Uranotype. (non publié) Etude de…