The application of non-destructive imaging techniques for the study and revelation of sketches under the whitewash layers of the interior walls of the House-Museum of Giannoulis Halepas, in Tinos Island, Greece
Abstract
Giannoulis Halepas (1851-1938) is considered one of the most famous yet tragic sculptors in Greece. During his tumultuous life, he produced several masterpieces that are currently exhibited in galleries, museums, and public places in Greece. After his death, his house on Tinos Island was declared a historical monument and turned into a museum. The walls of his house, layer by layer, cavity by cavity, bear traces of his unending inspiration, as he used to sketch on them. The current paper presents the systematic investigation and research of the interior walls of the upper floor of the House-Museum of Giannoulis Halepas in Pyrgos, Tinos Island, in order to locate, digitally reveal and highlight sketches the artist made on the walls, as well as investigate the possibility of mechanically revealing them, by exploiting both non-destructive imaging techniques, such as infrared reflectography and USB microscopy, and micro-destructive ones, such as sections.
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Kaminari, A. A., Stefanis, N. A., Chatzidaki, M., Fasouli, D., & Alexopoulou, A. G. (2024). The application of non-destructive imaging techniques for the study and revelation of sketches under the whitewash layers of the interior walls of the House-Museum of Giannoulis Halepas, in Tinos Island, Greece. International Symposium on the Conservation of Monuments in the Mediterranean Basin, 163–168. https://doi.org/10.12681/monubasin.8214
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