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Libraries and Archives in Cultural Heritage |
Aphrodite and Posidon Rooms |
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VENUS: A UNIQUE FAST, EFFECTIVE AND SAFE PUBLISHING SYSTEM FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION 3D DIGTAL MODELS |
Charles Crable |
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| charlescrable@gmail.com
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The Europeana Newspapers – A Gateway to European Newspapers Online |
Aleš Pekárek, Marieke Willems |
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| LIBER (Association of European Reseach Libraries),Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5, 2595 BE, Netherlands ales.pekarek@kb.nl, marieke.willems@kb.nl
The paper introduces the Europeana Newspapers project, funded by the European Commission. It describes its potential social impact on examples of stakeholders groups and the way of the project coordination, together with description of project activities. It also provides an overview of technologies used within the project. The paper also briefly gives an idea on the future outlook and activities of the project |
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A Google Cloud Approach to implement a graphical data access interface binding heterogeneous cultural repositories |
Antonella Corallini1, Antonella Guidazzoli 2, Fiamma Lenzi3Micaela Spigarolo 2, Antonio Baglivo2, Maria Chiara Liguori2 |
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| 1University of Bologna, DIPARCH, P.zza San Giovanni in Monte 2,40124 Bologna, Italyantonella.coralini@unibo.it 2CINECA, Via Magnanelli 6/3,40033 Casalecchio di Reno, Bologna, Italy{a.guidazzoli, m.liguori, m.spigarolo}@cineca.it; baglivo83@gmail.com 3IBACN, Via Galliera 21,40121 Bologna, ItalyFLenzi@Regione.Emilia-Romagna.it
The paper describes a prototype system based on Google Earth that can display cultural heritage data superimposed on the landscape. The prototype employs OAI-PMH protocol (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) to connect to data repositories. This work is part of the multi-disciplinary ParSJAd project and involves IBACN (Emilia-Romagna Regional Directorate for Cultural Heritage) DIPARCH (Archaeological Department, University of Bologna) and Cineca Interuniversity consortium. |
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The CULTURA Project: Supporting Next Generation Interaction with Digital Cultural Heritage Collections |
Cormac Hampson1, Maristella Agosti2, Nicola Orio3, Eoin Bailey1, Seamus Lawless1, Owen Conlan1 and Vincent Wade1 |
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| 1Knowledge and Data Engineering Group, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland{cormac.hampson, eoin.bailey, seamus.lawless, owen.conlan, vincent.wade}@scss.tcd.ie2Department of Information Engineering, University of Padua, Italyagosti@dei.unipd.it3Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Padua, Italynicola.orio@unipd.it
In recent years there has been a marked uptake in the digitisation of cultural heritage collections. Though this has enabled more sources to be made available to experts and the wider public, curators still struggle to instigate and enhance engagement with cultural archives. This is largely due to the monolithic nature of many digital archives; the challenge of understanding large collections, especially if the language is inconsistent; and because users vary in expertise and have different tasks and goals that they are trying to accomplish. This paper describes CULTURA, an FP7 funded project that is addressing these specific issues. The various technologies and approaches being used by CULTURA are discussed, along with the lessons learnt thus far. |
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Cataloging Intangible Cultural Heritage on the web |
Maria Teresa Artese, Isabella Gagliardi |
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| ITC – CNRVia Bassini 15, 20133 Milano{artese,gagliardi}@itc.cnr.it
The E.CH.I. project involves the definition, implementation, population and search of a Register of the intangible cultural legacy of trans-border Italo-Suisse heritage, aiming to design such a register in line with the new heritage paradigm proposed by Unesco. In this paper we will present the ICH cataloging card for the inventory of intangible cultural heritage on the web, which is one of the results of the E.CH.I. project, integrated in the AESS database that stores information concerning the oral history of the Italian Lombardy territory. |
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Two Integrated Digital Libraries for Knowledge and Iconography of Orthodox Saints |
Desislava Paneva-Marinova, Radoslav Pavlov, Maxim Goynov |
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| Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,8, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria{dessi,radko}@cc.bas.bg, goynov@gmail.com
The paper presents the work done within the Encyclopedia Slavica Sanctorum project for building a digital library of medieval and early modern Bulgarian texts about saints in combination with ethnological data and some visual sources. The paper presents the Encyclopedia Slavica Sanctorum environment, its functional specification and software implementation. The paper also presents the integration between the Encyclopedia Slavica Sanctorum and the Virtual Encyclopedia of the Bulgarian Iconography, a digital library keeping rare specimens, private collections of Orthodox icons, wall-paintings and other iconographical objects, selected from hard-to-reach storages, distant churches, chapels, and monasteries, objects in risk environments or unstable conditions. |
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Heritage-Oriented Spatial Data Infrastructures in Spain: Waiting on the World to Change |
César Parcero-Oubiña |
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| Institute of Heritage Sciences (Incipit), Spanish National Research Council,San Roque 2, 15704 Santiago de Compostela, Spaincesar.parcero-oubina@incipit.csic.es
The paper makes an overview on the current state of GIS-based initiatives to share Heritage information in Spain, pointing at some of the issues that explain why this field is still greatly under developed, with the exception of a few regions: fragmentation or arguable policies about data sharing. Contrastingly, demands for a wider access to Heritage data are increasing, and unofficial agents, both from the academic realm or just from the civil society, have begun to fulfill those demands with the development of different web based services. Some examples of these are also presented. The paper ends with some remarks on the current situation and perspectives on future developments. |
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Innovative Graphics Applications and Techniques |
Aphrodite and Posidon Rooms |
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Macedonia from Fragments to Pixels: A permanent exhibition of interactive systems at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki |
Dimitris Grammenos1, Xenophon Zabulis1, Damien Michel1, Pashalis Padeleris1, Thomas Sarmis1, Giannis Georgalis1,Panagiotis Koutlemanis1, Konstantinos Tzevanidis1, Antonis A. Argyros1,2, Michalis Sifakis1,Polyxeni Adam-Veleni3, Constantine Stephanidis1,2 |
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| 1Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas2Computer Science Department, University of Crete, Greece3Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece{gramenos, zabulis, michel, padeler, sarmis, jgeorgal, koutle, ktzevani,argyros, misi }@ics.forth.gr; pveleni@culture.gr; cs@ics.forth.gr
The theme of this paper is an exhibition of prototypical interactive systems with subjects drawn from ancient Macedonia, named "Macedonia from fragments to pixels". Since 2010, the exhibition is hosted by the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki and is open daily to the general public. Up to now, more than 165.000 people have visited it. The exhibition comprises 7 interactive systems which are based on some research outcomes of the Ambient Intelligence Programme of the Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas. The digital content of these systems includes objects from the Museum’s permanent collection and from Macedonia. |
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Personalized multimedia experiences in technology museums |
Maria Teresa Linaza, Ander García, and Mikel Rodriguez |
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| Department of Tourism and Heritage, Vicomtech-IK4,Paseo Mikeletegi 57, 20009 Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain{mtlinaza, agarcia, mrodriguez}@vicomtech.org
It is quite obvious that museum visitors as well as exhibition or event participants really make profit of the information available. Although most of the information guides are currently paper-based, this solution is not the more appropriate one, as these guides are not reusable once the exhibition is over. Moreover, they are not sustainable or environmental-friendly due to the use of paper. MULTIPOD aims at implementing a system that allows visitors to design their own multimedia guide for the visit, with personalized contents about the artworks that best fit his/her preferences using their personal mobile device. The system allows downloading the multimedia contents to the devices of the user connecting to a Web URL or using QR codes available at the exhibition. MULTIPOD has been validated in a Technology Museum in the Basque Country. |
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Solving the Centre–Periphery Problem in Cultural Heritage by means of Situated Simulations |
Gunnar Liestøl |
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| Dept. of Media & Communication, University of Oslo,Gaustadalleen 21, NO 0317 Oslo, Norway
In cultural heritage and the museum sector there has always been a conflict between centre and periphery. Relics are removed from their native, often peripheral site, and collected and stored on central locations. There, only to a limited degree, are they made available for access and public display. In the following we discuss and demonstrate how far we have come in solving this Centre–Periphery Problem. Drawing on our own examples and experiments we present experiences with indirect augmented reality, which we have named situated simulations. |
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Interaction For A Shared Knowledge With Reperio: The Cardano Case |
Damiana Luzzi1, Marialuisa Baldi2 |
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| 1Fondazione RinascimentoDigitale,2Università degliStudi di Milanoluzzi@rinascimento-digitale.it, marialuisa.baldi@unimi.it
Reperio, a collaborative, modular and customizable web work environment, provides tools to support research and study in the field of Cultural Heritage and Humanities (editor of ontologies, ontology population, management and editing of texts and images with the possibility of annotations, comments, variations, confrontation between several witnesses, etc.). The vision and mission of Reperio is to help to eliminate isolation within different research communities by facilitating collaborative ways of working and sharing content and resources, while respecting the intellectual property of the individual scholar. Reperio’s characteristics are described on the basis of the significant experience of the Girolamo Cardano Project: The knowledge and arts of the Renaissance. |
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Natural Lighting and Medieval Glass – Scientific Data Acquisition, Methodology and Physically Based Rendering |
Remi Cerise1, Fernando da Graça2, FredericMagoulès1, Patrick Callet1,2 |
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| 1Applied Mathematics and Systems Laboratory, EcoleCentrale Paris, Grande voie des vignes, 92290 Châtenay-Malabry, France{remi.cerise, frederic.magoules}@ecp.fr2CAOR, Mines ParisTech, 60 bd Saint-Michel, 75006 Paris, France{Fernando.Graca, Patrick.Callet}@mines-paristech.fr
Fundamental optical properties of materials are described by intrinsic parameters that can be concentrated in only one notion: the components of the complex dielectric tensor. Such a notion is relevant in any cases and we shall give examples of applications in the cultural heritage field. Modern glasses characterization and ancient or medieval glasses studies are described in terms of the general methodology exposed. After a great success in application to metals and alloys last 15 years, the limits and advantages of the ellipsometric measurements are described. The interaction of light with materials defined by their intrinsic (fundamental optical properties) and extrinsic (mainly geometrical whatever the scale of observation) properties is the internal engine of the simulation software. The scientific methodology is then called “OCRE”, Optical Constants for Rendering Evaluation. The computed images inserted in the text are obtained with the free and open-source spectral software Virtuelium, developed at EcoleCentrale Paris. |
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Standards, Metadata, Ontologies and Semantic Processing in Cultural Heritage |
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Surveying Masonry Structures by Semantically Enriched 2.5D Textures: a new approach. |
Valeria Cappellini1,2, Chiara Stefani1, Nicolas Nony1, Livio De Luca1 |
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| 1UMR (CNRS/MCC) 3495 MAP - ENSA Marseille,184 Av. de Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France.2DAACM – University of Reggio Calabria,via Melissari, Feo di Vito – 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy.{valeria.cappellini, chiara.stefani, nicolas.nony, livio.deluca }@map.archi.fr
The present paper describes a methodology based on the development of a new semantic tool for the graphical representation and interpretation of archaeological data: semantically enriched 2.5D textures. This is a custom-designed solution that supports stratigraphic analysis obtained from the combination of depth map and orthophoto, drawn from 3D photogrammetric surveying and modelling. The aim of this research is to create a tool that solves the existing 3D data interpretation problems and to introduce a new cognitive model. |
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Identifying Semantic Relationships in Digital Libraries of Cultural Heritage |
Zoltán Harsányi, Viera Rozinajová, Nadežda Andrejčíková |
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| Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies,Ilkovičova 3, 842 16 Bratislava 4
In this paper we deal with the interoperability of digital libraries concerned with identification of hidden or invisible relationships within various data sources. By means of semantic processing and reasoning techniques we attempt to find the answers to sophisticated questions which are sometimes difficult also for human experts. Our initial interest was to analyze data from art museums, where we have found interesting information concerning artists, their life and work. We proceeded further to the national library databases, where we have been looking for additional information about these artists and we performed further investigation. The next step was to enrich existing records by additional useful information using web services of other libraries. By analyzing these enriched data, we could identify semantic relationships among the records, which can help us understand how these artists were influenced by each other, we can find an artist that performed in the same area as the given one, etc. This paper describes our method of processing core data, identification of semantic relationships and the experiments we have performed. |
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Adaptive Augmented Reality for Cultural Heritage: ARtSENSE project |
Areti Damala1, Nenad Stojanovic2, Tobias Schuchert3, Jorge Moragues4, Ana Cabrera5, Kiel Gilleade6 |
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| 1Centre d’Etude et de Recherche en Informatique et Communications, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France2Forschungszentrum Informatik An Der Universitaet Karlsruhe, Germany3Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation, Karlsruhe, Germany4Instituto de Telecomunicaciones y Aplicaciones Multimedia, Universitat Politècnica De València, Spain5MuseoNacional de Artes Decorativas, Madrid, Spain6School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, UK areti.damala@gmail.com; Nenad.Stojanovic@fi.de; tobias.schuchert@iosb.fraunhofer.de; jormoes@upvnet.upv.es; ana.cabrera@mcu.es,gilleade@gmail.com
The paper presents the new concept of Adaptive Augmented Reality (A2R), employed within the context of the creation of an AR guide for the museum visit, that is being developed in the context of an EU research project. The main objective of the project is to provide a prototype that enables a personalized experience for every individual visitor by adapting to the psychological state of the visitor the content presented through an augmented reality museum guidance system. |
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Information Management systems in CH |
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An Information System to Analize Cultural Heritage Information |
J.C. Torres, L. Lopez, C. Romo and F. Soler |
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| Virtual Reality Laboratory. University of Granada,Spainjctorres@ugr.es,WWW home page: http://lrv.ugr.es/chis
Managing information related to cultural heritage sites is an important task and much work has been devoted to developing special purpose document management systems. These systems are able to store and retrieve large amounts of documents; however, while this is adequate for some purposes, it is not sufficient for research and conservation work. Researchers need to determine relationships between data, and the most important relationships in cultural heritage information are spatial relationships. A new kind of information system is therefore needed, in which the 3Drepresentation of an object is a blackboard on which all data is represented. This paper proposes the concept of Cultural Heritage Information Systems, and presents our implementation of the system. An example application illustrating the use of the system is also presented. |
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Arches: An Open Source GIS for the Inventory and Management of Immovable Cultural Heritage |
David Myers1, Alison Dalgity1, Ioannis Avramides2, and Dennis Wuthrich3 |
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| 1The Getty Conservation Institute, 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 700,Los Angeles, CA 90049 USA, dmyers@getty.edu, adalgity@getty.edu2World Monuments Fund, 350 5th Avenue, Suite 2412,New York, NY 10118, USA, iavramides@wmf.org3FarallonGeographics, Inc., 609 Mission St, 2nd Floor,San Francisco, CA 94105, USA, dwuthrich@fargeo.com
The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) and World Monuments Fund (WMF) are collaboratively developing for the international heritage field an open source, web-based GIS purpose-built for inventorying and managing immovable cultural heritage. GCI-WMF will release an “alpha” version of the Arches system as an open source project in December 2012, and a more advanced “beta” version in spring 2013. In parallel to its development for the heritage field, Arches is being customized for use by the City of Los Angeles, USA. It incorporates widely adopted standards (for heritage inventories, heritage data, and information technology) so the core system will offer a solid foundation that heritage institutions may customize to meet their needs. As an open source system, Arches will be available at no cost, and will allow adopters to share resources to enhance it in mutually beneficial ways as well as maintain it. |
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A Methodology for an Integrative Documentation and Characterization of Culturally Important Statues |
Christine Wittich, Tara Hutchinson, Richard Wood, Falko Kuester |
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| Department of Structural Engineering, University of California San Diego9500Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0085{cwittich, tara, rlwood, fkuester}@ucsd.edu
Motivated by observations from recent earthquakes, and in an effort to understand the seismic response of culturally important statues, a methodology is proposed for an integrative approach to document culturally important statues, which combines both engineering parameters and visualization. Documentation includes surface and material, geometric and visual, and boundary condition surveys as well as three dimensional digital reconstructions. Reconstruction facilitates attainment of geometric and mass properties using data from terrestrial laser scanning and structure-from-motion three dimensional reconstruction. The proposed methodology is applied to a representative number (24) of statues in Florence, Italy using a field survey in 2011. The majority of the statues are determined to be freestanding on rough pedestals with high aspect ratios and limited motion restriction. Using the documentation and simplified characterization obtained from these studies, it is envisioned that the seismic vulnerability and response of statues may be estimated, knowing the statues’ locations and anticipated earthquake demands at the site (building or free-field). |
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The historic environment and INSPIRE - a view from Scotland. |
Peter McKeague |
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| RCAHMS - The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland,16 Bernard Terrace, Edinburgh, EH8 9NX, United Kingdompeter.mckeague@rcahms.gov.uk
INSPIRE provides a roadmap for the publication of metadata, view and download services for a wide range of spatial information. Although an ideal tool for promoting data about the historic environment, in most instances the timetabled approach of public sector organizations focuses on publishing statutory data. RCAHMS has adopted the principles behind INSPIRE to publish information about the wider historic environment and the specialist datasets it curates. However, much archaeological information is created outside the public sector by academia and commercial archaeological companies. There is thus a need to encourage these primary data creators in contributing to archaeological Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs). Online reporting, through OASIS, offers a potential solution through the systematic reporting of archaeological fieldwork, including specialist remote sensing techniques via online forms. The challenge remains to establish a common infrastructure, agreed terminologies and to encourage the archaeological community to value spatial data. |
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A CH based Integrative Management Framework on the Value Priority Aspect |
Ya-Ning YEN1 |
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| China University of Technology, 56 Sec. 3 ShingLong Rd., 116 Taipei, Taiwan{Ya-Ning YEN, alexyen@cute.edu.tw}
Historic monuments preservation is not only an international trend in the 21st century, but one of the major policies of every country. In the past, it was once categorized under the disciplines of literature, history, artistry, and engineering techniques. Following the advances of digital technology, applications of the technology have been widely adopted by many different fields. However, the use of this technology is rarely included in the historic monuments preservation and integration study. The purpose of this project is to show how the advanced technology can be fully utilized in establishing a more effective way to preserve historic monument for future reuse. This paper is to report a preliminary outcome for a project titled “A CH based integrative management framework on the value priority aspect,” which mainly aims to establish an information exchange platform together with a mobile mechanism for the management of historic monuments and reuse from the perspective of the governmental point of view. |
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European Research Networks in the field of CH |
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EGI: an Open e-Infrastructure Ecosystem for the Digital European Research Area and the Humanities |
Steven J. Newhouse*¬¬, Stephen Brewer¬¬§ |
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| EGI.eu, Science Park 140, Amsterdam, Netherlands* director@egi.eu, § cco@egi.eu
The European Grid Infrastructure (EGI) is a federation of computing resource providers set up to support collaborative and innovative research projects from all fields of science. Building on a decade of experience in managing distributed computing resources, EGI is a valuable asset for modern science. Expanding the user base, in both absolute numbers and diversity is a key priority for the sustainable future of the e-Infrastructure. EGI is therefore keen to engage with scientists working in the Humanities disciplines, which are currently under-represented in the EGI ecosystem. This paper introduces EGI, its mission and strategy and explores possible avenues of collaboration with the Humanities scientific community. |
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Contemporary Museums in an Age of Migrations: the Reinterpretation of European Cultural Heritage |
Luca Basso Peressut, Gennaro Postiglione, Francesca Lanz |
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| Dipartimento di Progettazione dell’Architettura (DPA), Politecnico di Milano,via Durando 10, Milan, Italy.mela-info@polimi.it
Looking at European cultural heritage from the perspective of the twenty-first century, the question of its interpretation and reinterpretation is essential. This especially regards the different ways that societies and individuals use museums or other cultural institutions for the conservation and transmission of knowledge. The MeLa project brings a new concept to the core of this cultural problem. Age of migrations is a key term for thinking through planetary processes that reveal the deep refashioning of economic, cultural and political spheres under the impact of the accelerated mobility of goods, people, ideas and knowledge. In this context, a reconfiguration of existing museums is needed, especially for museums that are devoted to new themes and topics emerging in this contemporary age, when the great narratives of the modernity have left a multiplicity of stories and voices. The four-year interdisciplinary research MeLa aims at envisioning one such development of contemporary European museums. |
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COSCH - Colour and Space in Cultural Heritage, a new COST Action starts |
Frank Boochs |
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| i3mainz - Institute for Spatial Information and Surveying Technology, University of Applied Sciences,Lucy-Hillebrand-Str. 2, 55128 Mainz, Germany{boochs}@geoinform.fh-mainz.d
True, precise and complete documentation of artefacts is essential for conservation and preservation of our cultural heritage (CH). By ensuring access to the best possible documentation of artefacts this COST Action contributes to the enhanced understanding of material CH and help its long-term preservation. Documentation of CH involves researchers, scientists and professionals from multiple disciplines and industries. There is a need to promote research, development and application of non-contact optical measurement techniques (spectral and spatial) – adapted to the needs of heritage documentation – on a concerted European level, in order to protect, preserve, analyse understand, model, virtually reproduce, document and publish important CH in Europe and beyond. Research in this field typically relies on nationally-funded projects with little interaction between stakeholders. This Action will provide a stimulating framework for articulating and clarifying problems, sharing solutions and skills, standardising methodologies and protocols, encouraging a common understanding, widening applications and dissemination. The Action will foster open standards for state-of-the-art documentation of CH. It will simplify the usage of high-resolution optical techniques in CH and define good practice and stimulate research. |
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Damage assessment, diagnosis and monitoring for the preventive conservation and maintenance of CH |
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The MEMORI Technology - An Innovative Tool for the Protection of Movable Cultural Assets |
Terje Grøntoft and Elin Dahlin |
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| NILU- Norwegian Institute for Air Research,Instituttveien 18, NO-2027 Kjeller, Norwayteg@nilu.no, emd@nilu.no
The EU FP7 project MEMORI (“Measurement, Effect Assessment and Mitigation of Pollutant Impact on Movable Cultural Assets. Innovative Research for Market Transfer”- MEMORI, Grant Agreement No. 265132) works to supply the conservation market with a new innovative measurement technology for indoor assessment of air quality in cultural heritage buildings. A marketing strategy and business plan will be developed for the MEMORI technology to reach the users and the project will improve the understanding of the degradation of organic materials caused by exposure to organic acids. MEMORI will also undertake research to improve measures for mitigation of degradation caused by organic acids inside enclosures. Results from the project will be integrated into present best practice in preventive conservation strategy. An integral part of MEMORI is the end user group that follows and help to direct the work. |
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A methodology to monitor the pollution impact on historic buildings surfaces: the TeACH project |
Adriana Bernardi1, Francesca Becherini1, Alessandra Bonazza1, Barbara Krupinska2, Luc Pockelè3, René Van Grieken2,Sandro De Grandi3, Izabela Ozga1, Alejandro Jose Veiga Rico4, Oihana Garcia Mercero5, Arianna Vivarelli1 |
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| 1National Research Council – ISAC, Corso Stati Uniti 4, 35127 Padova, Italy -{a.bernardi, f.becherini, a.bonazza, ozga, a.vivarelli}@isac.cnr.it2Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerpen, Belgium –{Barbara.Krupinska, renevangrieken}@ua.ac.be3TECNO PENTA, via G.Galilei 7a/2,I-35037 Teolo (Padova), Italy –luc.pockele@red-srl.com, sandro.degrandi@libero.it4ACCIONA, C/ Valportillo II, 828108 Alcobendas (Madrid), Spain -alejandrojose.veiga.rico@acciona.es5TECNALIA, Science and Technology Park of Bizkaia, c/Geldo, s/n – Edifício 700,E-48160 Derio – Bizkaia, Spain –oihana.garcia@tecnalia.com
The available scenarios of pollutant trends in Europe indicate that the effect of industrial, domestic and transport emissions on corrosion and soiling will continue to constitute a serious threat to Cultural Heritage. Such effects require improved methods for a more accurate diagnosis, monitoring and assessment of the damage. Within this framework, the monitoring methodology applied within the European project TeACH (Technologies and tools to prioritize assessment and diagnosis of air pollution impact on immovable and movable cultural heritage) (2008-2012) allows to assess the impact of the main pollutants on historic buildings. As a part of this approach, a new kit able to monitor the environmental parameters critical for the conservation of architectural surfaces and to evaluate the related damage in terms of surface color change was developed. The monitoring methodology described in the present paper has valuable application potential in the definition of preventive conservation strategies for a wide range of heritage assets. |
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Characterizing Cracks in the Frescoes of Sala degli Elementi within Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio |
Richard L. Wood, Tara C. Hutchinson, Christine E. Wittich, Falko Kuester |
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| Department of Structural Engineering, University of California San Diego9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92092-0085{rlwood, tara, cwittich, fkuester}@ucsd.edu
On the upper floors of the Palazzo Vecchio’s southeast corner, Saladegli Elementi is experiencing significant cracking on its interior walls creating extensive fresco damage. The location of Sala degli Elementiisthe nearest to the corner of Via della Ninna and Via dei Leoni. The Palazzo Vecchiois an historical building where many of the walls support culturally important frescos. The cracks in the frescoes need to be assessed and understood such that the mechanisms for their development are known to assist in the preservation. The history of continued construction activity of the Palazzo Vecchio has resulted in extensive building discontinuities and use of different building materials. As a result, the age of construction varies, leaving an uncertain state of its present day condition. Due to the damage of the frescoes and known structural differences and modifications, a field survey is performed to assess the state of cracking. |
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IMAT Project: from innovative nanotechnology to best practices in art conservation |
Rocco Furferi |
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| rocco.furferi@unifi.it
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PANNA Project - Plasma and Nano for New Age Soft Conservation. Development of a Full-Life Protocol for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage. |
Alessandro Patelli1,, Monica Favaro2, Stefan Simon3, Patrick Storme4,Paolo Scopece5, VeskaKamenova6, ZdravkoKamenarov7,Andrea Lorenzon8, Frank De Voeght9 |
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| 1Veneto Nanotechscpa, Via delle Industrie 5, 30175 Venezia, Italy2CNR-ICIS, Corso Stati Uniti 4, 35127 Padova, Italy3Rathgen-Forschungslabor - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Schloßstr. 1A, 14059 Berlin, Germany4ArtesisHogeschool Antwerpen, Blindestraat 9-13, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium5 Nadir s.r.l., Via F. Zugno 9, 35134 Padova, Italy6Center for Restoration of Artworks ood, Dondukov Blvd. 14, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria7Botega Z eood, Aleko Kostantinov Str. 51, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria8Lorenzon Costruzioni srl, Via delle Acacie 3, 31053 Pieve di Soligo, Italy9Chemstreambvba, DrieEikenstraat 661, 2650 Edegem, Belgium
EU PANNA project started on November 2011 and aims at integrating a novel atmospheric plasma technique for surface cleaning and two innovative coating typologies (self-diagnostic protective coatings and identification marker coating) in a full-life protocol spanning surface cleaning, deposition of coatings and their complete removal. The validation of the protocol will be achieved through the cooperation between conservation scientists and technological companies. In the project, the development and testing of the protocol will be performed on two categories of substrates: metals (bronze and silver) and stone and stone-like materials (limestone, sandstone and wall paintings). The development will be performed on laboratory prepared samples (dummy or replica or mock ups) and also on real objects. |
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Non-destructive diagnosis technologies for the safe conservation and traceability of cultural assets |
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Science in Aid of Expert Opinion: a Tell-Tale on Disputed Artworks |
Fotini Koussiaki1,4, Vivi Tornari2,4, Eleni Kouloumpi3,4, Alkis Lembessis4,5 |
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| 1Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece, www.arch.auth.gr2IESL/FORTH, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, N. Plastira 100, Heraklion 71 110, Crete, Greece,www.iesl.forth.gr3National Gallery - AlexandrosSoutzos Museum, Michalakopoulou 1, Athens, Greece,www.nationalgallery.gr4ARTGNOMON, www.artgnomon.com ,5TAURUS Secure Solutions LtD, Pipinou 22, 11257 Athens, Greece,www.taurus.com.gr
Nowadays the increase demand for loaning art objects as well as safety, ethical, economical and security issues are forcing curators and conservation experts to undertake challenging and disputable decisions in regards of issuing an artwork accreditation. On the other hand scientific analysis and modern tools in artwork conservation offer a powerful source for objective multidisciplinary choices serving and safeguarding an expert’s decision. Hence, strong initiatives and innovative actions are important to be taken to ensure that modern technology serves for cases of dispute, damage, fraud, or mistreatment during transportation of Cultural Heritage. Therefore the paper presents some current results in originality assessment and results from the development of an anti-fraud concept based on an innovative approach of works of art, and application of methodologies and instrumentation. The authors’ aim and prior consideration is to respond to such critical aspects of increased importance in cultural heritage preservation, among which to secure proper treatment, to assess possible damage and to fight fraud actions. The paper introduces for the first time to our knowledge the idea of fraud-fighting with development of dedicated “ultimate documentation UD” ™. |
