Beautiful Pietàs in South Tyrol (Northern Italy): local or imported works of art?

• Published in: Heritage science Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 1 - 17
• Main Authors: Dariz, Petra, Wortmann, Ulrich G., Vogl, Jochen, Schmid, Thomas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 25.03.2022; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Art works; Artists; Calcite; Cathedrals; Chemistry and Materials Science; Dolomite; Early Triassic; Eastern Alps; Evaporite; Geochronology; Gypsum; High-fired gypsum mortar; Materials Science; Mortars (material); Mountains; Raw materials; Research Article; Sandstone; Sediments; Statuary; Strontium 87; Sulphur isotope; Three dimensional models; Upper Permian; Italy; Austria; Raman microspectroscopy; Sulphur isotope; Breitenbrunn calcareous sandstone; Early Triassic; Eastern Alps; Polarised light microscopy; High-fired gypsum mortar; Upper Permian; Evaporite; Strontium isotope

The study, dedicated to Beautiful Pietàs conserved in South Tyrol (Northern Italy), aims to establish, for the first time, a connection between Austroalpine raw materials and the high-fired gypsum mortars constituting the Gothic figure groups in question. The origin and chronology of this stylistica...