Metodología en la intervención de las pinturas de Qusayr'Amra, Jordania

Abstract

La intervención de las pinturas murales de Qusayr 'Amra formó parte del proyecto de restauración del monumento dirigido por el arquitecto Almagro Gorbea, de la Escuela de Estudios Árabes (CSIC), y financiado por el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores. En este texto se recogen los resultados del trabajo realizado desde el 15 de octubre al 15 de diciembre del 96, con la colaboración de un equipo de restauradores, para estudiar los materiales y la técnica de las pinturas, así como para definir una metodología apropiada para acometer su restauración con objeto de valorar y planificar el desarrollo de la intervención que se debía llevar a cabo en un futuro

New Insights into the Medieval Hispano-Muslim Panel Painting: The Alfarje Found in a Balearic Casal (Spain)

“…The taste for bright and contrasting tones was popular, so high-quality pigments were often used. Some significant examples can be cited that confirm this: Qusayr ‘Amra in Jordan (Umayyad wall paintings, 8th century) [ 59 ]; in the Nasrid period (14th century), the Alhambra [ 20 , 22 ] or the Dar al-Manjarra al Qubra [ 19 ]; and in Mudéjar architecture the facade of the palace of King Pedro I [ 27 , 28 ] or the plasterworks and the alfarje of Courtyard of the Maidens, both in the Royal Alcázar of Seville, built between 1356–1366 [ 29 ]. The color palette used by these artisans consisted of red, green, yellow, blue, black, and white hues.…”

“…They used pigments such as cinnabar, vermilion, iron oxides, or minium to make the reds. The green hues were made with malachite and verdigris, which were sometimes mixed with yellow pigments such as yellow ochre, orpiment, or even the lead and antimony yellow, which Muslim artists used from very early stages for their use in ceramic decoration [ 59 , 60 ]. The color blue was usually made with azurite or natural ultramarine blue [ 11 ].…”