DETERIORATION PROBLEMS AND PIGMENT ANALYSES OF THE QAJAR PERIOD WALL PAINTINGS FROM SHAH BATH IN ISFAHAN

Year 2019, Volume: 4 Issue: 7, 210 - 226, 30.06.2019

Ali Akin Akyol Negin Derakhshan Houreh

Abstract

Throughout history, Iranian painting has encountered heterogeneous cultures and traditions of the East and West. Different kinds of paintings have been seen in Iran but one of the most common is wall painting. In Iran, one of the most impressive period of wall painting decoration was the 15th century Qajar period. In this period, the style of Qajar paintings is a combination of wall painting style in the Safavid period and classical European painting. At the beginning of Qajar period, Iranian inspiration was more prominent than the follow-up times. At the end of this period, the influence of the European style becomes more dominant on Iranian paintings. In Qajar period, even the baths were also covered with wall paintings. In this study, one of the best examples of bath, Shah Bath, was examined in terms of architectural, historical, archaeological, material characteristics and their deterioration problems. In addition, the chemical analysis has been applied to the wall paintings to determine the type of pigments. The wall paintings were also investigated in terms of construction techniques. As a result, the effects of the deterioration of the wall paintings and the damages caused by different reasons and the effects on the paintings were evaluated.

Keywords

Spot Tests, Iran, Tempra, Gypsum, FTIR, Spot Tests

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