Tested on the Turin Shroud, it is based on a new principle compared to current techniques Dr. Liberato De Caro is a scientist at the Institute of Crystallography of the National Research Council (CNR), who has been developing and applying innovative techniques in...
The Secret of Vermeer’s “View of Delft”: A Masterpiece of Light and Time Once hailed by Marcel Proust as the most beautiful painting in the world, View of Delft by Johannes Vermeer remains one of the most celebrated artworks of the Dutch Golden Age. Vermeer, often...
Ancient sculptures were not generally white, in bare marble, as we see them today, but they were painted, colored. It is probably due to natural deterioration processes that most of those that have survived and we can see today have not preserved their polychromy....
The biannual Future of Heritage Science and Technologies International Conference will be held in Florence on 29-30 April 2024, for its 4th edition. The final programme can be downloaded from the website: https://www.florenceheritech.com/. Art-Test in collaboration...
Finally, the Museum of La Specola finally reopened its grand doors after nearly 5 years of restoration. At the onset of its 250th year, dating back to 21 February 1775, when it was inaugurated by Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo di Lorena as the “Imperial and Royal...
The progress of the science for cultural heritage is a fascinating journey. Every day it brings new discoveries, case studies, and data that expand our understanding of works of art, revealing their origins and enabling us to grasp when they were created. It also...
