Roxanne Alipour, Associate Editor for Archaeological Pigments
Over the past 20 years, little by little, studies have surfaced showing that the use of Egyptian blue (CaCuSi4O10), considered the oldest engineering pigment, did not in fact disappear with the fall of the Roman Empire. The studies, along with the 2020 remarkable finding
of Egyptian blue in Raphael’s fresco, “The Triumph of Galatea” (Anselmi et al.
2020), have led to the development of a research network called BLUENET. On
October 5, 2022, BLUENET researchers from around the world gathered in Rome and
also joined remotely to present new findings of Egyptian blue, synthesis
techniques, provenance studies, and novel methods of detection. This research
collaboration and conference talks are paving the foundation for important
studies searching for historical uses of Egyptian blue and answering important
questions about its use and synthesis in more ‘modern’ times. Stay tuned for
future updates!
More about BLUENET:
https://www.polychromyroundtable.com/resources/Events/BLUENET2022_definitive%20program.pdf
Reference
Anselmi, Chiara, Manuela Vagnini, Claudio Seccaroni, Michela Azzarelli, Tommaso Frizzi, Roberto Alberti, Mallio Falcioni, and Antonio Sgamellotti. "Imaging the antique: unexpected Egyptian blue in Raphael’s Galatea by non-invasive mapping." Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali 31, no. 4 (2020): 913-917.
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