A paper on Multispectral Imaging has been published on Heritage Science, “Identification of pigments by multispectral imaging a flowchart method” 2:8, 2014. In this paper I provide a flowchart method to use the multispectral imaging to tentatively identify pigments. I have been posting extensively on this idea for a while on the “Cultural Heritage Science Open
I just gave a training course on Multispectral Imaging and Technical photographic methods to an Art Diagnostics start-up company in Andria, Italy: Terrarossa Studio. The start-up is composed of 3 young cultural heritage scientists, Grazia Ruggiero, Floriana Salvemini and Cristina Caggiani. Floriana and Cristina just got their PhD on analytical methods for art diagnostics in Florence
“Panoramic Infrared Reflectography. Technical Recommendations” has been published on the International Journal of Conservation Science, IJCS Volume 5, Issue 1, January-March 2014: 51-60. In this paper I provide more detailed information on the new technique of doing infrared reflectography with a panoramic system. I have been posting on this idea from a while on the
We do run a lot of initiatives, Stay on top of things! I recently examined a remarkable version of the famous Turner’s views of ancient Rome. This post is a brief intro to the Technical art examination literature on Turner which is pretty vast, thanks mostly to the research of Dr. Joyce H. Townsend, currently,
The Blog got a new logo. I wanted it to be a tribute to the most important Sicilian painter, Antonello da Messina (1430 –1479) to express my efforts to fostering awareness of Sicilian Cultural Heritage. Antonello is an iconic figure for Sicilians. He was Sicily’s Renaissance Master and he’s recognized as one of the Quattrocento’s most