Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
14th Annual Scientific Meeting Balkan Academy of Forensic Sciences, İstanbul, Türkiye, 5 - 08 Ekim 2023, ss.105, (Özet Bildiri)
Background and aims: The art world is a fascinating field where creativity knows no boundaries. It is a field where artists express their thoughts, feelings and visions through various types of forms of mediums. On the other hand, as the value of art continues to rise so does the extensity of forgery. Art forgery is a widespread problem around the world, costing collectors millions of dollars every year. To fight this problem, forensic science plays an important role in the authentication of artworks. Among the subjective examinations with a high margin of error used in the identification of artworks, paint and pigment analysis has emerged as a powerful tool in the detection of forgery. Methods: A comprehensive scientific literature review was carried out to highlight the importance of dye and pigment analysis in art forgery. Scientific studies were obtained by searching Google Scholar, CORE and ResearchGate databases. The search was limited to studies published between 2013 and 2023. The search was conducted using the keywords ‘artwork forgery’ ’dye and pigment analysis’ and ‘forensic sciences’. Results: As a result of the literature review it has been found that spectroscopic methos such as Raman Spectroscopy, X-ray Spectroscopy etc. that cause minimum damage to the artwork are generally preferred in the detection of art forgery. Other methods used in the analysis of dyes and pigments in the detection of artwork forgery are High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), electrochemical methods and microscopic analyses. In the literature review, it was determined that there were more studies on the analysis of pigments such as Prussian Blue, Phtalocyanine Blue, Carbon Black, Anatase, Chrome Yellow, Cinnabar which are found in black, yellow, red and blue colour paints frequently used by artists in their paintings in the past. With their studies, researchers have contributed to the literature in preventing the crime of art forgery by developing methods that allow molecular and elemental analysis of dyes and pigments in artworks whose authenticity is investigated. Discussion - Conclusions: As a result, the detection of art forgery plays an important role in the protection of cultural heritage, the punishment of criminals and the prevention of the crime of art forgery. For this reason, it is very important to analyse dyes and pigments with analytical methods rather than subjective methods such as interpretation of styles and technique in painting for the detection of art forgery and to increase the number of experts in this field.
Keywords: Artwork Forgery, Forensic Science, Dye and Pigment Analysis