'Portal' Journal

Papers in the latest issue are arranged according to a previously established structural division (Immovable, Movable and Archaeological heritage) and comprise various topics. Architectural heritage is represented by two articles focusing on the history of mansion construction, their valorization and guidelines/recommendations for renovation – the Opeka Mansion in Marčan and the Jakovlje Mansion (Petar Puhmajer and Viki Jakaša Borić). The chapter covering immovable heritage is opened by two papers from a specific discipline which has seen a sudden development in recent years – the archaeology of textiles. A contribution to the subject was given by Lise Bender Jørgensen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim) and Karina Grömer (Museum of Natural History in Vienna) who presented an overview of existing insights into European prehistoric textiles, along with recent advances in the methods of analyzing the material features of textiles, dating and determining the provenance of textile fibres. Gordana Car presents the research, conservation and restoration of a prehistoric funerary blanket from a tumulus in Pustopolje Kupreško that was performed at the Croatian Conservation Institute. She also describes the structure which was constructed to present the fragments of this remarkable piece of Bronze Age weaving art. This is followed by a group of articles presenting various research and conservation efforts on individual art pieces: Nelka Bakliža and Ljerka Dulibić portray the 19th-cenury conservation workshops’ practice of thoroughly overpainting artworks to conform to the predominant taste of the time and further prepare them for survival in the market, as exemplified by Neri di Bicci’s painting of the Virgin and Child with Two Saints from the Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters. The research of Ksenija Škarić and Marijana Galović into the chronology of repainting the Virgin and Child statue from Gradišće in the Parish of Bosiljevo resulted in some new insights into the 18th-century practice of renovating old artworks. Branka Martinac presents the research and conservation of the Virgin and Child with Saints painting from the church of St. Nicholas in Šibenik, which resulted in the discovery of the original 1671 paint layer, which had been well-preserved and therefore presented. Vanja Marić describes the conservation of a ferman of Sultan Selim III, dating from the Dubrovnik Republic. One of the primary goals was to protect the text of the document, due to its historical and sentimental value. As exemplified by Bartolomeo Vivarini’s painting from Veli Lošinj, Pavao Lerotić proposes a solution on how to present an artwork in unstable microclimate conditions. Author describes a semi-permeable microclimate display case constructed specially for the piece. Lana Kekez and Zrinka Lujić give an account of the advantages of using an innovative method for cleaning paintings from surface dirt, varnish and overpaints with a polymer emulsifier Pemulen TR-2. Archaeological heritage is represented by two papers: based on finds from Central Dalmatia and the underwater off Dubrovnik, Vesna Zmaić and Igor Miholjek point out the fact that amphorae had been used as containers for transporting liquid goods on sea-routes of the Eastern Adriatic, as late as the 13th and 14th century. Mladen Mustaček describes the complete process of restoring and conserving iron archeological finds from the site of Fort Čanjevo.

Same as in previous years, along with research and professional papers, Portal also provides an annual overview of all research programmes and conservation works that the Croatian Conservation Institute performed in the year prior to this issue (3rd issue – 2011), in the form of catalogue items on the enclosed DVD.

Contents

Immovable heritage

• Petar Puhmajer: The construction development of Opeka Castle in Marčan [PDF: 19 MB]
• Viki Jakaša Borić: The Jakovlje Mansion – a history of construction and a future rehabilitation [PDF: 8.5 MB]

Movable heritage

• Lise Bender Jørgensen, Karina Grömer: The Archaeology of Textiles – recent advances and new methods [PDF: 14.5 MB]
• Gordana Car: Conservation and restoration of a prehistoric funerary textile from a tumulus in Pustopolje Kupreško [PDF: 17 MB]
• Nelka Bakliža, Ljerka Dulibić: Neri di Bicci's painting from the Strossmayer Gallery of Old Masters – a contribution to the history of conservation and reception [PDF: 13 MB]
• Pavao Lerotić: Bartolomeo Vivarini's painting from Veli Lošinj: a model of protection in inappropriate microclimate conditions [PDF: 22 MB]
• Ksenija Škarić, Marijana Galović: The sculpture of the Virgin and Child from Gradišće in the Bosiljevo Parish – the work of an unknown Gothic sculptor, the baroque painter Georg Berr and a 20th-century restorer [PDF: 5.6 MB]
• Branka Martinac: Conservation and restoration of the painting of the Virgin with Child and Saints from the Church of St. Nicholas in Šibenik [PDF: 9 MB]
• Lana Kekez, Zrinka Lujić: Cleaning the “Our lady of Carmel” by Antonio Grapinelli with Pemulen TR-2-based emulsions [PDF: 15 MB]
• Vanja Marić: Conservation and restoration of the Ferman of Sultan Selim III from the Republic of Dubrovnik [PDF: 7 MB]

Archaeological Heritage

• Vesna Zmaić, Igor Miholjek: Medieval amphorae of the 13th and 14th century in the Eastern Adriatic [PDF: 6 MB]
• Mladen Mustaček: Conservation and restoration of iron archaeological finds from the site of Fort Čanjevo [PDF: 13 MB]

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• List of catalogue items from the catalogue of works in 2011 [PDF: 74 KB]

Integral version of the issue, screen resolution [PDF: 38 MB]