Clay Minerals in Fine Arts
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 2775
Special Issue Editors
Interests: conservation and cultural heritage science; mineralogy, geochemistry and microanalysis of pigments; clay minerals and clay-based pigments; provenance analysis of fine arts; non-invasive analytical methods in cultural heritage research
Interests: solid state chemistry; crystallography; conservation and cultural heritage science; powder X-ray diffraction and microdiffraction applied to paint layer analysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The history of the use of clay minerals in fine arts in all its fields - painting, sculpture, and architecture – is very rich. Since very early times, clay has been a construction material, with earthy pigments that were among the first to appear on rock paintings. Perhaps because of their commonality and easy availability, they often stood out as items of interest. Our attention has always been drawn to expensive and rare mineral pigments, because we tend to admire uniqueness, rarity and intense visual effects. In the cathedrals, we notice precious gold on paintings and sculptures, and perhaps we have no idea that it would have fallen away if it had not been fixed to the sticky surface of red clay support. The main aim of this Special Issue is to interconnect various areas of clay minerals’ application (sculptures, tiles, mosaics, plasters, paintings, etc.) and show them as irreplaceable materials in fine arts. We plan to include the following areas:
- Casting and modelling of clays, clay (terracotta) sculpture
- Firing clays, architectural tiles and ceramic mosaics, clay plasters
- Clay-based preparation layers for painting and gilding techniques
- Clay minerals as pigments throughout the history of painting
- Clay minerals as carriers and fillers
- Methods of investigation of clay minerals in artworks
Dr. David Hradil
Dr. Petr Bezdička
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- clay minerals
- fine arts
- painting
- mineral pigments
- clay sculpture
- tiles
