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标题：Does substrate colour affect the visual appearance of gilded medieval sculptures? Part I: colorimetry and interferometric microscopy of gilded models
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作者：Qing Wu ; Meret Hauldenschild ; Benedikt Rösner 等
期刊名称：Heritage Science
印刷版ISSN：2050-7445
出版年度：2020
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：1-15
DOI：10.1186/s40494-020-00463-3
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：Abstract In the history of medieval gilding, a common view has been circulated for centuries that the substrate colour can influence the visual appearance of a gilded surface. In order to fully understand the correlation between the gilding substrate and the colour appearance of the gold leaf laid above, in this paper (Part I) analytical techniques such as colorimetry and interferometric microscopy are implemented on models made from modern gold leaves. This study demonstrates that the substrate colour is not perceptible for gold leaf of at least 100 nm thickness, however the surface burnishing can greatly alter the visual appearance of a gold surface, and the quality of the burnishing is dependent on the substrate materials. Additionally, surface roughness and texture of the substrate can play supplementary roles, which can be visually observed through digital microscopy and quantified through interferometric microscopy. The findings in this paper will form the basis for the study of gold leaf samples taken from medieval European gilded sculptures in Part II.
关键词：Medieval;Gilding;Surface;Colour;Substrate;Colorimetry;Interferometric microscopy