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John Winter
Researcher at Freer Gallery of Art
Publications - 8
Citations - 190
John Winter is an academic researcher from Freer Gallery of Art. The author has contributed to research in topics: Painting & Scanning electron microscope. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 8 publications receiving 178 citations.
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Fiber optics reflectance spectroscopy: a unique tool for the investigation of Japanese paintings
Marco Leona,John Winter +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors described the in situ identification of indigo, Prussian blue and a red insect dye (cochineal carmine or lac dye) in two paintings by Katsushika Hokusai.
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The characterization of pigments based on carbon
TL;DR: In this paper, the main features, molecular structures and physical and chemical properties of these carbon types, so far as they are relevant to pigment studies, are reviewed in outline and some better-known pigments based on carbon are summarized, with an indication of which form or forms of carbon each contains.
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Natural adhesives in East Asian paintings
TL;DR: In this article, natural adhesives in East Asian paintings are discussed in the context of the contribution to the Paris Congress of the Adhesives and Consolidants (PCA).
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‘Lead white’ in Japanese paintings
TL;DR: In this paper, the Freer collection of Japanese paintings of the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries has been determined, and basic lead carbonate (lead white) was found in 12 out of 13 Chinese paintings and in all three Korean paintings.