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Réf.

42757

Type

article

Titre

The use of mortars to imitate white marble and other stones

Langues

English

Auteurs

Bugini, Roberto / Corti, Cristina / Folli, Luisa / Rampazzi, Laura

Date

03/2018

Pages

p. 3-12

Titre de la revue

International Journal of Conservation Science

Vol. & n°

v. 9

ISSN

2067-8223

Mots-clés

decorations and ornaments / architectural styles / analysis of materials / case studies / history of architecture / historical surveys / artificial stone / marble / granite / limestone / coatings / building materials / mineralogical analysis / petrographical analysis / infrared analysis / mortar

Pays mentionnés

Italy

Monuments et sites

Fontana di Camerlata, Como (Italy)

Résumé en anglais

The reproduction of natural stone using different kinds of mortars has always been an important character of the architecture of Lombardy (Italy). Many examples of artificial stone, made of a coating of lime mortar on stone or brick structures, are available from Roman times. At the turn of the 20th century, a new kind of material, based on Portland cement and crushed stone, made possible a quite perfect reproduction of different kinds of stone and the making of complicated decorative elements. The raw materials employed to reproduce white marble and other stones used in Lombard architecture were investigated starting from the ‘Fontana di Camerlata’ (Como, 1936–62).

URL

http://www.ijcs.uaic.ro/index.html

Document joint

IJCS-18-01_Bugini.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)