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May to June 2004 an examination and graphic survey was conducted to
record the technology and condition of the mural paintings of the
Rosario Chapel dome. As part of the documentation process the
chapel was photographed and digitally montaged. Measured CAD drawings
were developed from these rectified images in order to document and
digitize the information recorded from the walls and the ceiling. The
condition survey was then prepared using a glossary developed to
establish a descriptive terminology of the conditions and building /
painting campaigns. This glossary corresponds to the on-site survey and
its digitized format. Painting campaigns were also identified in
situ and dated through the use of archival documentation and historic
photographs that described the church and it’s interior. The
condition survey of the mural paintings led to the development of an
emergency conservation / stabilization treatment for the areas at
immanent risk of collapse. |
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A view of the ceiling in the Rosario Chapel
shows the severe condition of the historic ceiling paint.
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