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,[…]
HSG’s tools at work on Morandi’s artworks in Bologna
In the framework of E-RIHS.it, HSG is analysing some artworks at the Morandi Museum in Bologna.
MOLAB INO at work in Naples
Il gruppo Heritage Science dell'Istituto Nazionale di Ottica ha applicato gli strumenti diagnostici su alcuni quadri di Tiziano al Museo Capodimonte di Napoli, alla presenza[…]
Insight on “Meccatura”
Meccatura is a type of historical gilding technique, which consists in the application of a coloured varnish on burnished metal surfaces (silver or tin foil) with[…]
Special issue: Invitation to submit
The MDPI Open Access Publishing – Applied sciences will publish a Special Issue entitled: “Beyond the surface: Novel Non-Destructive Techniques to Explore Works of Art”.Today[…]