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Antonello Multispectral Imaging system

Over funded! 114%

Our crowdfunding project just got over funded! We collected 114% funding in 3 weeks! “Multispectral Imaging for Art and Archaeology” is the first crowd funding project related to Art Conservation Science. For the first time, research funding is coming directly from the final users of this new tool for scientific examination of works of art. Multispectral

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Antonello Multispectral Imaging system

91% funding in 2 weeks!

“Multispectral Imaging for Art and Archaeology” is the first crowd funding project related to Art Conservation Science. We got already 91% of the necessary fund in just 2 weeks! For the first time, research funding is coming directly from the final users of this new tool for scientific examination of works of art. Multispectral imaging

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multispectral imaging for art

Crowdfunding! Low-cost Multispectral Imaging for Conservators

CHSOS launches today its crowdfunding  campaign to realize an open source and low-cost multispectral system that anybody will be able to replicate. Conservators are invited to participate and be part of this effort. CLICK here to support Multispectral Imaging for Art and Archaeology We want to develop a simple, affordable but effective multispectral system which

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Miniaturized Spectrometers for Art Examination

Miniaturized Spectrometers for Art Examination

Read this great article on Photonics Spectra! Spectroscopy: Going Small to Get the Whole Picture Now miniaturized spectrometers are also used in Art Conservation. CHSOS illustrates in this paper  the possibilities that miniaturization will bring in the near future of on-site art examination. CHSOS has been disseminating the use of innovative, affordable and sustainable technologies for art

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graffiti RTI

How to document Historical Graffiti in Catacombs

This new paper discusses  RTI (Reflectance Transformation Imaging) for documenting historical graffiti in Catacombs. Historical graffiti  provide unique information on the uses of the catacombs over the centuries. Some of the graffiti of the catacombs of San Giovanni are contemporary with the epoch of the paintings that bear them (late antiquity), while others have been incised by

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