Caravaggio's painting technique: proceedings of the Charisma workshop

Contents

Presentation / Cristina Acidini -- Introduction / Marco Ciatti, Brunetto Giovanni Brunetti -- Caravaggio's the Beheading of Saint John in Malta. Investigation into execution, technique, style and restoration / Marco Ciatti, Carlo Lalli -- Caravaggio's painting technique: a brief survey based on paintings in the National Gallery / Larry Keith -- Practices and processes, from the Odescalchi Conversion of Saint Paul to the Adoration of the shepards / Claudio Falcucci -- Optical diagnostics on Caravaggio's paintings with a new IR multispectral scanner for reflectography / Raffaella Fontana, Claudia Daffara, Marco Barucci [and others] -- New evaluations on Caravaggio's methods of underdrawing: art historical and scientific challenges / Roberto Bellucci, Cecilia Frosinini -- A new survey of Caravaggio's canvases and preparatory layers: materials and aesthetic effects / Claudio Seccaroni -- Caravaggio's painting technique through the study of cross-sections: optical microscopy survey and SEM-EDS analyses / Giancarlo Sidoti, Fabio Talarico, Giuseppina Vigliano -- Some considerations on Caravaggio's palette / Claudio Seccaroni -- Caravaggio's influence in the North / Ashok Roy.