"Sant Martí de Puigbò: una iconografia per a Ramon Berenguer III?", Pintar fa mil anys. Els colors i l'ofici del pintor romànic, CASTIÑEIRAS, M.; VERDAGUER, J. (ed.), Bellaterra: UAB/ Magistri Cataloniae, 2014, p. 71-86. (original) (raw)

The main goal of this book is the transmission of the results of the research developed within the Research Project “Artists, patrons and audiences. Catalonia and the Mediterranean (11th-15th centuries)-MAGISTRI CATALONIAE (HAR2011-23015), led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. It is published on the occasion of the exhibition entitled, Pintar fa mil anys. Els colors del romànic (Vic, May 31st-December 14th, 2014), being the result of a collaboration between the UAB and the Museu Episcopal de Vic (MEV). The book mainly aims to look more deeply into issues related to the training and identity of the anonymous Romanesque painters. This task has been made possible thanks to the analysis of some outstanding pieces from the MEV collection -such as the Canopy of Ribes, the frontals of Santa Maria de Puigbò and Espinevles and the Altar of Lluçà- as well as some mural paintings such as those of Saint Thomas Becket in Santa Maria de Terrassa and Sant Martí in Puig-reig. All of them have been analysed using an approach that combined art-historical methodologies along with scientific analysis. It means the reconstruction of the various agencies which are involved in the production of an artwork, and how each of these agencies have an effect on its genesis and reception. This is combined with the application of sophisticated laboratory-based analytical techniques such as Optical Microscopy, SEM-EDX, XR Diffraction, FTIR, Chromatographic Techniques and MALDI-TOF. The result is a fascinating study in which is reported for the first time an ecclesiastical context for the starting of the Catalan panel painting. Furthermore, it discusses in new ways the relation among the illumination, panel an mural painting techniques.