Del lino europeo al cedro americano. Los materiales vegetales en los soportes de la pintura colonial sudamericana

Abstract

From a historical point of view and based on the materiality of two pictorial pieces this research aims to reflect about colonial's painting materials, resources, applications and techniques. After working on a four thousands corpus of colonial paintings, the proposal involves the canvas and strainers study of two South American paintings, San Luis Gonzaga and San Juan Nepomuceno, belonging to the Church of San Ignacio in Buenos Aires city, in Argentina.