Colour measurement and documentation in historical buildings: the case study of the Kirna Manor House in Estonia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.23738/CCSJ.140115Keywords:
Colour measurement, colour documentation, colour vision, architectural paint research, historical interior restoration, Estonian manor house, Estonian Academy of ArtsAbstract
Historical buildings and their decorative apparatus have a key role in the transmission of national and local traditions, requiring careful conservation of these structures and their overlapping decorative layers, mostly made up of stuccos and coatings. Unfortunately, the procedures and methodologies for both documenting and preserving such cultural heritage are not clearly standardised in Estonia, where most historic manor houses are managed by private owners who have no precise guidelines to follow during the restoration of such complex structures. To amend this issue, the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) organised an international workshop on “Colour Measurement and Documentation in Architectural Paint Research” with the aim to bring together several experts, techniques and tools from different countries in order to define, optimise and modernise the methodologies employed for the identification, documentation and preservation of historical painted interiors and colours. In addition to a theoretical session, the workshop held in October 2019 entailed practical work at the Kirna Manor House, analysing the entrance hall of the building. The paper presents the results of the research and the discussion between international experts.
References
Carbonell Rivera, J. P., Montalvá España, D. and Lerma García, J. L. (2016) ‘APLICACIÓN DE DIVERSAS TÉCNICAS DE DOCUMENTACIÓN PATRIMONIAL ARQUITECTÓNICA EN LA ALQUERÍA “MAS DEL NOI”’, in 8th International congress on archaeology, computer graphics, cultural heritage and innovation. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, pp. 511–515. doi: 10.4995/arqueologica8.2016.4197.
Ceccarelli S. et al. ‘Are the blue daemons really blue? Multidisciplinary study for the colours characterization of the mural paintings inside the Blue Daemons Etruscan tomb’, J. of Cult Heritage. Volume 47, 2021, pp. 257-264, ISSN 1296-2074, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2020.09.002.
Danil, A. et al. (1985) ‘Kirna mõis. Peahoone arhitektuur-ehituslikud ja ajaloolised uurimused’ Estonian Heritage Board, Archive – A-7045 (https://register.muinas.ee/).
Gaiani, M. and Ballabeni, A. (2018) ‘SHAFT (SAT & HUE Adaptive Fine Tuning), a new automated solution for target-based color correction’, Colour and Colorimetry Multidisciplinary Contributions, Milano, Gruppo del Colore - Associazione Italiana Colore, 2018, XIVB, pp. 69–80.
Gaiani, M. et al. (2016) ‘An Advanced Pre-Processing Pipeline to Improve Automated Photogrammetric Reconstructions of Architectural Scenes’, Remote Sens., 8(3), 178. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8030178.
Gaiani, M. et al. (2019) ‘Evaluating Smartphones Color Fidelity and Metric Accuracy for the 3D Documentation of Small Artifacts’, GEORES 2019 - 2nd International Conference of Geomatics and Restoration, International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLII-2/W11, pp. 539–547. doi: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W11-539-2019.
Giannattasio, C. (2019) ‘The Tropical Aquarium?: a case of polychrome decoration in the architecture of the early 1900s’, 11(June 2019), pp. 35–40. doi: 10.23738/CCSJ.110104.
Guarneri, M. et al. (2019) ‘MULTI-WAVELENGTHS 3D LASER SCANNING for PIGMENT and STRUCTURAL STUDIES on the FRESCOED CEILING <q>THE TRIUMPH of DIVINE PROVIDENCE</q>’;, in International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives. doi: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W15-549-2019.
Heritage Conservation Act (2019). Available at: https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/ee/Riigikogu/act/513122020003/consolide.
Jean Jouannic's colour blindness test. http://www.opticien-lentilles.com/daltonien_beta/new_test_daltonien.php.
Kahu, S.Y. et al. (2018) ‘Review and evaluation of color spaces for image/video compression’, Color Research and application, 44(1), pp. 8–33. doi:10.1002/col.22291.
Kalloniatis M.; Luu C. (July 9, 2007). The Perception of Color, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11538/.
Krotzer, D. (2008) ‘Practice Points 6. Architectural Finishes: Research and Analysis’, APT Bulletin: The Journal of Preservation Technology, 39(2-3), pp. 1–6.
Maiste, J. (1985) ‘Kirna mõisa ajalooline ülevaade’, Historical overview. Estonian Heritage Board, Archive – ERA.T-76.1.12239 (https://register.muinas.ee/).
Mokrzycki, W. S. and Tatol M. (2011) ‘Color difference Delta E - A survey’. Machine Graphics and Vision, 20(4), pp. 383–412. Institute of Computer Science.
Parek, E. (1973). ‘Ajalooline õiend end. Kirna mõisahoone kohta. Estonian Heritage Board’, Archive–ERA.T-76.1.1608 (https://register.muinas.ee/).
Ramanath, R. et al. (2005) ‘Color Image Processing Pipeline. A general survey of digital still camera processing’, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 22(1), pp. 34–43. doi: 10.1109/MSP.2005.1407713.
Rieger, T. et al. (2016). ‘Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Cultural Heritage Materials: Creation of Raster Image Files’, Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative.
Sanderson, K. (2015) ‘A Comparative Study of Handheld Reflectance Spectrophotometers’, Topics in Photographic Preservation, 16, pp. 47–62, American Institute for Conservation.
The X-Rite Color Challenge and Hue Test. https://www.xrite.com/hue-test.
Sembulingam, K.; Sembulingam, Prema (2012). Essentials of Medical Physiology. JP Medical Ltd. p. 1002.
Valge C. et al (2020). International Workshop “Colour Measurement and Documentation in Architectural Paint Research”. Final Report. The Estonian Academy of Arts: https://digiteek.artun.ee/fotod/aruanded/konserveerimine/event_id-4480.
Van Velzen, J. (2018). Digital Reconstructions for Architectural Paint Research: Comparing Digital Visualisations for the Restoration of the Regentenkamer in the Arend Maartenshof. (Master’s thesis, University of Amsterdam). https://scripties.uba.uva.nl/scriptie/663687/.
Verweij, E., Schade, U. and Kutzke, H. (2019) ‘The Use of a Copper Green Oil Paint in the Interiors of Eidsvoll Manor in Norway: Analysis of a Discoloured Architectural Paint from 1814’, in Nevin, A. and Sawicki, M. (eds) Heritage Wood: Investigation and Conservation of Art on Wood. Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 109–122. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-11054-3_6.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2022 Cultura e Scienza del Colore - Color Culture and Science
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
The "Cultura e Scienza del Colore - Color Culture and Science" journal is registered at the Court of Milan at n.233 of 24.06.2014.
The journal is an open access journal, free for readers and authors and has joined ROAD, the Directory of Open Access scholarly Resources, since 2014. Articles published in the “Cultura e Scienza del Colore - Color Culture and Science" journal are open access articles, distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s).
