TY  - JOUR
AU  - Gajić-Kvaščev, Maja
AU  - Klisurić, Olivera
AU  - Andrić, Velibor
AU  - Ridolfi, Stefano
AU  - Galečić, Una
AU  - Korolija Crkvenjakov, Daniela
PY  - 2023
UR  - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/11389
AB  - Traditional Serbian religious art originated in Byzantine culture and conserved Byzantine elements until modern times. However, since the end of the 17th century, many changes in traditional icon painting have been introduced. Previous studies focused on the changes in iconography and style, but very little attention was paid to the changes in painting materials and techniques. This research focuses on the blue pigments on icons from the first half of the 18th century. Eight icons with blue areas of a different hue were selected for the study. Due to its rarity in nature, price, and iconographical importance, the blue pigment was particularly praised by painters. Therefore, the choice of the blue pigment can be related to historical information to trace influences and the development of the painter’s practice. Imaging techniques, several portable, non-destructive analytical techniques, such as XRF and FTIR, followed by optical microscopy and SEM-EDX analysis of the samples were used to characterize blue pigments and the painting technique. An analysis showed that icon painters at the beginning of the 18th century used pigments such as azurite, an indigo-organic colourant of plant origin, and Prussian blue. Contrary to the traditional belief that natural ultramarine blue was used, it was not confirmed in any studied examples.
T2  - Coatings
T1  - Multianalytical Study of the Blue Pigments Usage in Serbian Iconography at the Beginning of the 18th-Century
VL  - 13
IS  - 7
SP  - 1200
DO  - 10.3390/coatings13071200
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Gajić-Kvaščev, Maja and Klisurić, Olivera and Andrić, Velibor and Ridolfi, Stefano and Galečić, Una and Korolija Crkvenjakov, Daniela",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Traditional Serbian religious art originated in Byzantine culture and conserved Byzantine elements until modern times. However, since the end of the 17th century, many changes in traditional icon painting have been introduced. Previous studies focused on the changes in iconography and style, but very little attention was paid to the changes in painting materials and techniques. This research focuses on the blue pigments on icons from the first half of the 18th century. Eight icons with blue areas of a different hue were selected for the study. Due to its rarity in nature, price, and iconographical importance, the blue pigment was particularly praised by painters. Therefore, the choice of the blue pigment can be related to historical information to trace influences and the development of the painter’s practice. Imaging techniques, several portable, non-destructive analytical techniques, such as XRF and FTIR, followed by optical microscopy and SEM-EDX analysis of the samples were used to characterize blue pigments and the painting technique. An analysis showed that icon painters at the beginning of the 18th century used pigments such as azurite, an indigo-organic colourant of plant origin, and Prussian blue. Contrary to the traditional belief that natural ultramarine blue was used, it was not confirmed in any studied examples.",
journal = "Coatings",
title = "Multianalytical Study of the Blue Pigments Usage in Serbian Iconography at the Beginning of the 18th-Century",
volume = "13",
number = "7",
pages = "1200",
doi = "10.3390/coatings13071200"
}

Gajić-Kvaščev, M., Klisurić, O., Andrić, V., Ridolfi, S., Galečić, U.,& Korolija Crkvenjakov, D.. (2023). Multianalytical Study of the Blue Pigments Usage in Serbian Iconography at the Beginning of the 18th-Century. in Coatings, 13(7), 1200.
https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings13071200

Gajić-Kvaščev M, Klisurić O, Andrić V, Ridolfi S, Galečić U, Korolija Crkvenjakov D. Multianalytical Study of the Blue Pigments Usage in Serbian Iconography at the Beginning of the 18th-Century. in Coatings. 2023;13(7):1200.
doi:10.3390/coatings13071200 .

Gajić-Kvaščev, Maja, Klisurić, Olivera, Andrić, Velibor, Ridolfi, Stefano, Galečić, Una, Korolija Crkvenjakov, Daniela, "Multianalytical Study of the Blue Pigments Usage in Serbian Iconography at the Beginning of the 18th-Century" in Coatings, 13, no. 7 (2023):1200,
https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings13071200 . .