The Power of Taboo: How censorship shapes artistic expression
Scientific analysis revealed the original shapes of a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi
The joint CNR-INO and OPD Optical Metrology laboratory: a successful model for the conservation of Italian cultural heritage
On the 12th of November 1998, Tito Arecchi, the esteemed Director of the National Institute of Optics, joined forces with Giorgio Bonsanti, the eminent Superintendent[…]
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for madder lake detection in painting layers
In the framework of Advanced Raman spectroscopy project, the Heritage Science Group (HSG) published an article titled “Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for madder lake detection in[…]
Vedere oltre la pittura: come Botticelli disegnò la sua Venere
Il gruppo Heritage Science dell’Istituto Nazionale di Ottica entra per la prima volta ai Musei Reali di Torino per fare analisi diagnostiche sulla Venere di[…]
Art and Science: HSG study Artemisia’s Allegory of Inclination with 3D digital technology
The Artemisia UpClose project is sponsored by Calliope Arts and Christian Levett, in collaboration with Fondazione Casa Buonarroti at the Buonarroti Museum. In this video,[…]
Non-invasive microanalyses on 19th-century daguerreotypes
In the framework of the DIAGNOSE project, an article titled “The Colors of the Butterfly Wings: Non-Invasive Microanalytical Studies of Hand-Coloring Materials in 19th-Century Daguerreotypes”[…]
Contactless analysis on a drawing by Raffaello Sanzio
Are you interested in Italian Renaissance drawing or paper #conservation? Read the recent paper published in Nature Portfolio by the Istituto Nazionale di Ottica del[…]
A HSG image used as a cover story in the Journal of Imaging
The research reporting on the prototype for the reflectance photoacoustic imaging applied for the first time in the Heritage Science field appears as the cover[…]
Optical analyses on the Uffizi Gallery’s drawing 8P by Leonardo da Vinci
The HSG published the results of non-invasive optical analyses on the Uffizi Gallery’s drawing 8P by Leonardo da Vinci. Together with art historians and conservators,[…]