A symposium to discuss about innovation in photography preservation
A symposium to present the results of the DIAGNOSE project The DIAGNOSE project (Non-invasive diagnostics and conservation[…]
CNR-INO and Opificio delle Pietre Dure renew their historic collaboration: The goal is to create a research hub of international reference.
25 years after the signing of the first CNR – National Institute of Optics and Opificio delle[…]
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,[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]