Programme
Programme Topics
A non-limitative list of topics includes the application of Raman spectroscopy in the fields of art, art-history, history, archaeology, conservation and restoration, museology and others.
Material characterization and degradation processes (pigments, inks, plastic materials, photographic materials, gemstones, stones, precious stones, glass, ceramics, contemporary materials etc.)
Conservation issues affecting cultural heritage (decaying, corrosion, etc.)
Raman spectroscopy of biological and organic materials (resins, fibres, ancient organic compounds, etc.)
Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (dyes, organic pigments, etc.)
Chemometrics in Raman spectroscopy
Development of Raman techniques
New Raman instrumentation and applications in cultural heritage objects investigations
Raman spectroscopy in paleontology, paleoenvironment and archaeology
Forensic applications in art and archaeology (e.g. forensic archaeology, authentications procedures)
Other topics
| DAY 1 | 24 October (Tuesday) | |
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| 09:00 - 10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Opening Session
Ausenda de Cáceres Balbino (University of Évora, Vice-Rector) Ana Paula Amendeira (Alentejo Regional Directorate of Culture) António Candeias (HERCULES Lab, University of Évora) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break - Poster Session |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Keynote Lecture
On-site Raman study of artwork: Procedure and illustrative examples Philippe Colomban |
| Session 1 – Material Characterisation and Degradation Processes | |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | Investigating the formation of dehydroindigo in Maya Blue simulants by resonance Raman spectroscopy.
Dalva Faria, Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil) |
| 12:20 - 12:40 | Pigments, pigment changes and the identification of a “new” pigment in medieval wall paintings of the monastery church in Angermünde.
Martin Ziemann, University of Potsdam (Germany) |
| 12:40 - 13:00 | Iron-rich spinels in Ming Blue-and-white porcelains: a combined Raman spectroscopy and electron microscopy study of surface crystals.
Pinto Ariane, Centre d'Elaboration de Matériaux et d'Etudes Structurales (France) |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch |
| Session 2 – Chemometrics and Development of New Techniques in Raman Spectroscopy | |
| 14:30 - 14:50 | The combination Raman imaging and LIBS for quantification of original and degradation materials in Cultural Heritage.
Juan Manuel Madariaga, Universidad del Pais Vasco (Spain) |
| 14:50 - 15:10 | Miniature Raman Spectrometers for Mineralogical and Gemological Practice: from Gemtesting Systems to Portable Sequentially Shifted Excitation Raman Spectrometers.
Jan Jehlicka, Charles University (Czech Republic) |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | Investigation of beryl varieties using miniature Raman spectrometers.
Adam Culka, Jan Jehlicka, Charles University (Czech Republic) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break - Poster Session |
| Session 3 – Material Characterisation and Degradation Processes | |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Pigments identification in oil paintings of 18th – 19th century from the Museum of Post-Byzantine Art of Zakynthos using Raman spectroscopy and XRF.
Konstantina-Aikaterini Koutliani, University of the Aegean, Rhodes (Greece) |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | Portable Raman and NIR systems for identification of plastics in museum.
Anna Klisińska-Kopacz, National Museum in Krakow (Poland) |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | Analysis of organic resins, coatings and decorates in a lyre-guitar of 19th Century prior to restoration.
Theodore Ganetsos, Piraeus University of Applied Sciences (Greece) |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | Analysis of pigments from rock shelters in Guanajuato, Central México
Antonieta Mondragón, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| 17:20 - 17:40 | Debate |
| 18:00 | Visit and Reception at the National Museum of Évora |
| DAY 2 | 25 October (Wednesday) | |
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| 09:30 - 10:30 | Keynote Lecture
Challenges and Opportunities of Raman Spectroscopy Applications in Art and Archaeology. Peter Vandenabeele |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break - Poster Session |
| Session 4 – Biological and Organic Materials | |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Identification by Raman spectroscopy of bio-carotenes on mural painting from the refectory of Hurezi Monastery - Romania
Ioana Gomoiu, National Arts University (Romania) |
| Session 5 – Material Characterisation and Degradation Processes | |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Creation of Specialized Electronic Library for Art Investigation Bulgarian Cultural Heritage
Vesselin Petrov, University of Sofia (Bulgaria) |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | Raman imaging qualitative and semi-quantitative approach to verify the thermal transformation of yellow ochre pigments into red colour in Pompeian wall paintings.
Maite Maguregui, University of the Basque Country (Spain) |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | Raman Spectroscopy of the Works of Szymon Czechowicz (1689-1775)
Marek Wiśniewski, Ewa Dolezynska-Sewerniak, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland) |
| 12:20 - 12:40 | What information can Raman spectroscopy provide about pure and mixed carbon inks?
Olivier Bonnerot, BAM (Germany) |
| 12:40 - 13:00 | Scrutinizing "Ecce Homo" - European or Indian painting? Assessment by Raman spectroscopy and complementary spectroscopic techniques
Vanessa Antunes, ARTIS-FLUL, LIBPhys-UNL |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch |
| Session 6 – Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy | |
| 14:30 - 14:50 | Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Investigation of Dyes in Fellini’s Felt-tip Pens.
Daniela Iacopino, Tyndall National Institute (Ireland) |
| 14:50 - 15:10 | SERS for polymers degradation.
Daniela Reggio, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain) |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | Raman and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for the analysis of Mexican yellow dyestuff.
Maria Angelica Garcia-Bucio, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| 15:30 - 15:50 | Stability and reproducibility of Ag colloidal pastes for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) analysis of natural dyes in archaeological and historical textiles.
Patrizia Davit, Università di Torino (Italy) |
| 15:50 - 16:10 | A molecular study of the 19th century Winsor & Newton cochineal lake pigments.
Tatiana Vitorino, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Portugal) |
| 16:10 - 16:40 | Coffee Break - Poster Session |
| Session 7 – Material Characterisation and Degradation Processes | |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | Portable Raman Spectroscopy for Rapid Identification of Unknown Precious Gemstones
Kristen Frano, BWTEK |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | U-Pb dating of zircon inclusions in sapphire from Alpine-Himalayan orogeny origins - Kashmir and Burma - and characterization with Raman spectroscopy
Wenxing Xu, Gübelin Gem Lab (Switzerland) |
| 17:20 - 17:40 | Pearlescent pigments in plastic artworks: a micro-Raman identification
Eva Mariasole Angelin, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Portugal) |
| 17:40 - 18:00 | Debate |
| 19:00 | Social Program |
| 20:30 | Dinner (included) |
| DAY 3 | 26 October (Thursday) | |
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| Trip | |
| 08:30 | Departure (Évora) |
| 09:30 - 11:30 | Estremoz (Marble Quarry) |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Vila Viçosa (Ducal Palace) |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch |
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Monsaraz (Historic town) |
| 18:00 | Arrival (Évora) |
| DAY 4 | 27 October (Friday) | |
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| 09:30 - 10:30 | Keynote Lecture
Raman spectroscopy, art, archaeology and South America: one eye on the past, one eye on the future. Dalva Faria |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break - Poster Session |
| Session 8 – Material Characterisation and Degradation Processes | |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Raman and Tof-SIMS investigation of the Bosch’s painting “Saint Wilgefortis Triptich”
Armida Sodo, Università degli Studi Roma Tre (Italy) |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Uncertain identification of decaying compounds in Built Heritage: K3Na(SO4)2 and Na2SO4-system
Kepa Castro, University of the Basque Country (Spain) |
| Session 9 – Palaeontology, paleoenvironment and archaeology | |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | Depicted on Stone: Raman Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Rock Art Paintings
Anastasia Rousaki, Ghent University (Belgium) |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | Raman spectroscopic analysis of 195-million- year-old embryonic dinosaur bone remains
Therese Harrison, University of Sydney (Australia) |
| 12:20 - 12:40 | Combined micro-Raman and gemological study of the provenance investigations of the archeological gemstones
Barbara Łydżba-Kopczyńska, University of Wrocław (Poland) |
| 12:40 - 13:00 | Chemical study of degradation processes in underwater metallic materials
Estefania Estalayo, Universidad del Pais Vasco (Spain) |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Keynote Lecture
A Decade of Colorful Research at The Met: Trends, Applications, and Challenges of SERS for the Characterization of Organic Colorants in Artworks Federica Pozzi |
| Session 10 – Material Characterisation and Degradation Processes | |
| 15:30 - 15:50 | Hidden Hazards in the Pharmaceutical Collection at Museums Victoria
Rosemary Goodall, Museums Victoria (Australia) |
| 15:50 - 16:10 | Degradation of cellulose nitrate cinematographic films: a comparative analysis by Raman microscopy
Artur Neves, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (Portugal) |
| 16:10 - 16:40 | Coffee Break - Poster Session |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | Pigments identification of the plasterwork decorations of the Room of the beds in the Royal Baths of Comares in the Alhambra
Paz Arjonilla, Universidad de Jaén (Spain) |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Closing Session |