Conference Agenda

2:45pm - 2:50pm

Introduction to session

Alicja Rafalska-Lasocha, Petr Bezdička

2:50pm - 3:20pm

Fingerprinting Natural Ultramarine in 15^th-17^th century Netherlandish paintings

Koen Henri JANSSENS^1,4, Steven De Meyer¹, Stijn Legrand¹, Frederik Vanmeert^1,2, Veronique Buecken³, Annelies van Loon⁴, Katrien Keune⁴

¹University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; ²Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Brussels, Belgium; ³Fine Arts Museum, Brussels, Belgium; ⁴Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

3:20pm - 3:50pm

The variety of calcium bearing efflorescence phases - An explanation by crystal chemistry

Sebastian Bette^1,2, Gerhard Eggert², Robert E. Dinnebier¹

¹Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany; ²State Academy of Art and Design, Stuttgart, Germany

3:50pm - 4:10pm

Why is heptagonal symmetry so rare in art and architecture?

Arie van der Lee

Institut Européen des Membranes, Université de Montpellier, ENSCM, CNRS, Montpellier, France

4:10pm - 4:30pm

Crystallography vs. human masterpiece: Li₂₀Mg₆Cu₁₃Al₄₂, Mg₉Ni₆Ga₁₄ and Mg₃Ni₂Ga structures vs. ivory puzzle balls

Grygoriy Dmytriv¹, Nazar Pavlyuk¹, Volodymyr Pavlyuk^1,2, Helmut Ehrenberg³

¹Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine; ²Częstochowa Jan Długosz University, Częstochowa, Poland; ³Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

4:30pm - 4:50pm

Information theory based symmetry classifications of more or less 2D periodic patterns in Islamic building ornaments and Hans Hinterreiter’s graphic art

Peter Moeck

Portland State University, PORTLAND, Oregon, USA

4:50pm - 5:10pm

Laboratory X-ray powder diffraction as a useful tool for identification of pigments and degradation products in portrait miniatures painted on ivory

Eva Kočí¹, Petr Bezdička¹, Silvia Garrappa¹, David Hradil¹, Janka Hradilová², Michal Pech²

¹Institute of Inorganic chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, ALMA Laboratory, Husinec-Řež 1001, 250 68 Husinec-Řež, Czech Republic; ²Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, ALMA Laboratory, Veletržní 65, 170 00 Praha 7, Czech Republic