PURPOSE To assess the conservation status of, to gain information on the creation of, and to provide surface reformations of the core and the surface of the bust of the pharaoh-queen Nefertiti, considered to be one of the greatest treasures of ancient Egyptian art, with computed tomography (CT). MATERIALS AND METHODS Multisection CT was performed with 0.6-mm section thickness. Two- and three-...

Mosque as the house of God has always been significant to rulers, people and Muslim artists. It is one of the most ancient architectural subjects. Varamin1Jami mosque from Ilkhanid2 era is one of the masterpieces of Iranian-Islamic architecture. It was one of the first projects which started the glorious era of renovation after the dark times of the Mongols3 invasion. Perfect stucco ornaments i...

Comares Hall is the most majestic room in the Alhambra. It is located within Comares Tower, which was built by artisans from the nearby town of Comares. The Hall measures 30’x30’, with a 60-foot-high domed ceiling and nine large windows. The ceiling, beams, and doors of Comares Hall are of carved wood, the floors and wainscoting are glazed earthenware mosaic, and other ornamental surfaces are o...

Around the town of Cermik in south-east Turkey there are many deposits of asbestiform minerals, some of which are used to make whitewash or stucco. A sample of 7000 of the population revealed 461 (6.5%) with pleural thickening and calcification, of whom 103 (1.47% of the total) had evidence of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis. Forty-one patients with respiratory cancer were admitted to the Diyar...

The use of the products well-known German brand – DERUFA DecoDer series in decorative wall decoration a modern interior gives unlimited opportunities for one’s creativity and unique design. range presented on domestic market is distinguished by wide colors, various environmental, operational, technological characteristics, etc. Water-dispersed acrylic paints, coatings, primers, other offer inno...

An interesting example of the Russian phenomenon monarch sacralization is reflected in “lowest report” (1767) sent to Most Holy Governing Synod by retired secretary Bugulma voivodeship chancellery Ivan Nikiforovich Kurcheev (see appendix). In 1762 I. N. was an eyewitness a miraculous connected with portrait Empress Elizabeth Petrovna: “... And from aforesaid image Radiant Monarchess there emana...

This article focuses on the production of plaster ornaments in 19th century. The concludes with a special example Netherlands. From Renaissance stucco walls and ceilings were partly cast. In course century, for are manufactured an industrial scale. Unique Netherlands country house Wassenaar is figurative frieze by sculptor-stuccoist Wilhelm Dankberg from Berlin.

Retrieving an object from cluttered spaces such as cupboards, refrigerators, or bins requires tracking objects with limited no visual sensing. In these scenarios, contact feedback is necessary to estimate the pose of objects, yet are movable while their shapes and number may be unknown, making association contacts extremely difficult. While previous work has focused on multi-target tracking, as...

The fresco technique performed with slaked lime putty as binding material has been well known since Antiquity. However, the geochemical processes that occur on surface have generally described part of carbonation process intonaco itself. When approaching this from experimental archaeology, it observed for first time during execution period (from 0 to 20 h, approximately) occurring stucco are di...