The colours of English alabaster panels

Between c. 1350 and 1550, English sculptors carved thousands of panels depicting religious scenes from alabaster quarries around Nottingham. Exported throughout Europe, these polychrome reliefs were originally usually assembled to form altarpieces. Their coloured epidermis, an integral part of these...

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Mulliez, Maud
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description Between c. 1350 and 1550, English sculptors carved thousands of panels depicting religious scenes from alabaster quarries around Nottingham. Exported throughout Europe, these polychrome reliefs were originally usually assembled to form altarpieces. Their coloured epidermis, an integral part of these works that can be termed three-dimensional paintings, has now often disappeared. A multidisciplinary team (art historian, archaeologist, artist and specialist in ancient polychromy, 3D engineers and optodigital researcher) has analysed and reconstructed the polychromy of several of these English panels preserved in the Bordeaux region. The physico-chemical analyses made it possible to determine the nature of the materials used and to recreate the paints used by the alabastermen. These data were used to produce an alabaster facsimile as well as two 3D models with their digital polychromy. As the polychromy of English alabaster works is highly standardised, these examples can be considered as representative of the appearance that the vast majority of the panels must have showed. The study thus allows us to address broader themes, such as the aesthetic and symbolic qualities of the colours used by the alabastermen, or the way in which these were perceived by the medieval viewer.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1126402024-03-23T21:37:17Z The colours of English alabaster panels Schlicht, Markus Mounier, Aurélie Mulliez, Maud Mora, Pascal Pacanowski, Romain Polychromy reconstruction sculpture Middle Ages alabaster England Christian devotion digital restoration physico-chemical analyses micro-photography experimental archaeology 3D digitization photogrammetry optical measurements facsimile physical copy painting techniques pigments gilding symbolism of colours medieval vision perception criteria aesthetic principles patrons Bordeaux Libourne Paris Rabastens Saint-Nicolas-du-Bosc Nottingham London thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGA History of art thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History Between c. 1350 and 1550, English sculptors carved thousands of panels depicting religious scenes from alabaster quarries around Nottingham. Exported throughout Europe, these polychrome reliefs were originally usually assembled to form altarpieces. Their coloured epidermis, an integral part of these works that can be termed three-dimensional paintings, has now often disappeared. A multidisciplinary team (art historian, archaeologist, artist and specialist in ancient polychromy, 3D engineers and optodigital researcher) has analysed and reconstructed the polychromy of several of these English panels preserved in the Bordeaux region. The physico-chemical analyses made it possible to determine the nature of the materials used and to recreate the paints used by the alabastermen. These data were used to produce an alabaster facsimile as well as two 3D models with their digital polychromy. As the polychromy of English alabaster works is highly standardised, these examples can be considered as representative of the appearance that the vast majority of the panels must have showed. The study thus allows us to address broader themes, such as the aesthetic and symbolic qualities of the colours used by the alabastermen, or the way in which these were perceived by the medieval viewer. 2023-08-14T10:12:07Z 2023-08-14T10:12:07Z 2023 book ONIX_20230814_9782356135155_11 741-1818 9782356135155 9782356135179 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/112640 eng PrimaLun@ image/png Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://una-editions.fr/colours-english-alabaster-panels/ https://api.nakala.fr/embed/10.34847/nkl.ca41kcs6/ece11d61d921cd0b30d05feef2ff6ec633de9185 Ausonius éditions Pôle Production Imprimé, Université Bordeaux Montaigne 10.46608/primaluna22.9782356135155 10.46608/primaluna22.9782356135155 9aa70b18-da5a-4617-8043-20c37b75d8ba 9782356135155 9782356135179 Pôle Production Imprimé, Université Bordeaux Montaigne 22 124 Pessac open access
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reconstruction
sculpture
Middle Ages
alabaster
England
Christian devotion
digital restoration
physico-chemical analyses
micro-photography
experimental archaeology
3D digitization
photogrammetry
optical measurements
facsimile
physical copy
painting techniques
pigments
gilding
symbolism of colours
medieval vision
perception criteria
aesthetic principles
patrons
Bordeaux
Libourne
Paris
Rabastens
Saint-Nicolas-du-Bosc
Nottingham
London
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Mounier, Aurélie
Mulliez, Maud
The colours of English alabaster panels
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title_full The colours of English alabaster panels
title_fullStr The colours of English alabaster panels
title_full_unstemmed The colours of English alabaster panels
title_short The colours of English alabaster panels
title_sort colours of english alabaster panels
topic Polychromy
reconstruction
sculpture
Middle Ages
alabaster
England
Christian devotion
digital restoration
physico-chemical analyses
micro-photography
experimental archaeology
3D digitization
photogrammetry
optical measurements
facsimile
physical copy
painting techniques
pigments
gilding
symbolism of colours
medieval vision
perception criteria
aesthetic principles
patrons
Bordeaux
Libourne
Paris
Rabastens
Saint-Nicolas-du-Bosc
Nottingham
London
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Christian devotion
digital restoration
physico-chemical analyses
micro-photography
experimental archaeology
3D digitization
photogrammetry
optical measurements
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physical copy
painting techniques
pigments
gilding
symbolism of colours
medieval vision
perception criteria
aesthetic principles
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Libourne
Paris
Rabastens
Saint-Nicolas-du-Bosc
Nottingham
London
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