Analisi diagnostiche VIS NIR sulla Venere di Botticelli ai Musei Reali

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 Botticelli, appartenuta alla collezione Gualino. Ispirata alla Venere pudica dell’antichità che si copre il corpo con le mani ed i capelli, la figura emerge da uno sfondo scuro incorniciata da […]

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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, Physicist Raffaella Fontana, Director of Research, tells about the conservation of Artemisia’s Allegory of Inclination using 3D digital technology. The project is hosted in The Opificio delle Pietre Dure (OPD), […]

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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” has been published in the Heritage journal as part of the special issue “Colour Photography and Film: Analysis, Preservation, and Conservation of Analogue and Digital Materials“, curated by Marcello Picollo […]

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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 story of Journal of Imaging. The research reinforces the fruitful collaboration between the Heritage Science Group of CNR-INO and IESL-FORTH. The image is part of the article “Revealing Hidden Features […]

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Review: Reflectance Imaging Spectroscopy in Heritage Science

A comprehensive review focused on Reflectance Imaging Spectroscopy (RIS) applied in the field of Heritage Science The CNR-INO Heritage Science Group has recently published a comprehensive review focused on Reflectance Imaging Spectroscopy (RIS) applied in the field of Heritage Science in “La rivista del Nuovo Cimento della Società Italiana di Fisica”, edited by Springer Nature.By […]

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