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Diagnostic system based on the T.r.u.e. Methodology (Termography, Radar, Ultrasound, Endoscopy) and its applications
2013
Il poster 1 è dedicato alla Metodologia T.R.U.E., che persegue l'obiettivo di supportare la progettazione del restauro, con particolare riferimento alla conservazione delle superfici di finitura e nel rispetto del valore di autenticità materiale delle architetture storiche. Poster number 1 is dedicated to the T.R.U.E. Methodology, that pursues the finality to elaborate the project for the conservation of the architectural surfaces and, in general, the respect of the authenticity of the materials stratified on the monumental architectures.
Indagini diagnostiche sui “Vasi di Centuripe” del Museo Archeologico Regionale “A. Salinas” di Palermo
2020
In questa saggio si intende presentare i risultati delle indagini diagnostiche eseguite in situ sui vasi centuripini conservati presso il Museo Archeologico Regionale “A. Salinas” di Palermo. Le indagini, condotte nell’ottica della multidisciplinarità insieme ad archeologi e restauratori, sono state applicate per step via via più approfonditi a partire dalle tecniche globali di immaging con luce visibile ed UV per lo studio della superfice, proseguendo con quelle puntuali di spettroscopia XRF ed FT-IR per lo studio dei pigmenti, del legante e dello strato di preparazione. In this essay we intend to present the results of the diagnostic investigations carried out in situ on the centuripine v…
Energy dispersive X-ray diffraction potentiality in the field of cultural heritage: simultaneous structural and elemental analysis of various artefac…
2007
The applicability of an Energy Dispersive X-ray Diffractometer to some technical questions in the field of Cultural Heritage is presented. This diffractometer, equipped with a white source, has been utilized for the structural and elemental analysis of some items having different nature. Given its design, the instrument allows to collect data from samples as big as a book or a little more. Samples, without collection of any portion and without any preliminary preparation, have been placed in the instrument and spectra have been collected in a wide energy range that contains X-ray fluorescence and diffraction features. In all cases, data acquired in air and in a non destructive way were reli…
La rappresentazione digitale per l’accessibilità al patrimonio culturale
2021
Da diversi anni, la rappresentazione digitale ha assunto un ruolo fondamentale nel campo della valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale, introducendo nuove modalità operative. Allo stesso tempo e con frequenza sempre maggiore siti monumentali, musei e istituzioni culturali si avvalgono di applicazioni e installazioni che, grazie all’impiego di tecnologie di uso comune, adoperano il linguaggio multimediale per consentire l’accessibilità virtuale ai Beni Culturali. Questo contributo racconta brevemente alcuni esempi di approcci e applicazioni pensati per assicurare accessibilità tattile, sonora o virtuale a un’utenza ampia e variegata. Sono qui analizzati approcci differenti che favoriscono il…
The political attribution of values to Intangible Cultural Heritage: the consuetudinary courts
2021
En el año 2009 la UNESCO incluyó el Tribunal de las Aguas de Valencia y el de Hombres Buenos de Murcia en la Lista Representativa del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial de la Humanidad. Ambas instituciones de derecho consuetudinario fueron reconocidas a través de la más elevada categoría de protección inmaterial a nivel internacional. A lo largo de las últimas décadas se han emitido resoluciones consultivas (culturales, jurídicas) y desarrollado una agenda de investigación que suscitan el interés por el análisis de los valores atribuidos o atribuibles a ciertas manifestaciones culturales (materiales o inmateriales) cuya apelación serviría a los actores sociales y políticos para justificar su re…
Design Archives: Sustainable Solutions for Young Designers in Valencia, Spain
2023
Design education is practical and theoretical; however, it does not usually include the study of cultural heritage. Nonetheless, relations with academia have been strong since the 18th century, when the need to educate designers spread across the continent to improve design and make it competitive in the market. In this paper, we recover that spirit and act as mediators between heritage and young people to create links and preserve cultural heritage. A case study was conducted at the Public Valencian Design School with 31 product design students. The methodology applied was based on iterative processes that allowed students to discover design and silk heritage when they proposed innovative …
ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY DIFFRACTION IN CULTURAL HERITAGE SCIENCE: THE WINNING DUO OF STRUCTURAL AND ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS
2013
The capabilities of Energy-Dispersive X-ray Diffraction (EDXD) in the field of Cultural Heritage are disccussed. EDXD diffractometer, equipped with a white source, is particularly suited for the structural and elemental analysis of items having different nature. Given its compact and versatile design, the instrument allows to collect data from samples without tearing down of any portion and with no specific preparation. In the wide energy range sampled during the measurements, both X-ray fluorescence and diffraction features appear. In all cases, data are acquired in air and in a non-destructive way, and their collection is fast.
Hand Held 3D Scanning for Cultural Heritage: Experimenting Low Cost Structure Sensor Scan
2017
In the last years 3D scanning has become an important resource in many fields, in particular it has played a key role in study and preservation of Cultural Heritage. Moreover today, thanks to the miniaturization of electronic components, it has been possible produce a new category of 3D scanners, also known as handheld scanners. Handheld scanners combine a relatively low cost with the advantage of the portability. The aim of this chapter is two-fold: first, a survey about the most recent 3D handheld scanners is presented. As second, a study about the possibility to employ the handheld scanners in the field of Cultural Heritage is conducted. In this investigation, a doorway of the Benedictin…
Regional policies for sustainability in the Mediterranean countries: the role of a proper HVAC system maintenance in museums
2013
Italy, like several Mediterranean countries, holds a very large number of cultural artifacts that are often exhibited and saved inside museums. Museums are usually part of historical buildings that, not rarely, originally had a different intended use and that have been currently transformed in place for conservation and for exhibition of works of art. The use of historical buildings as museums leads to limitations in the management and distribution of exhibition space, in design and managing HVAC systems and in the achievement of targets relating to the continuous monitoring of the microclimate for people comfort and for preservation of works of art. Moreover, the costs of the operation and…
The Resilience of the Valley of Temples Among Natural Calamities and Social Disasters
2017
Preservation of the cultural heritage, intended as common patrimony, is a cultural achievement that interritories like Sicily, which has often suffered the lack of legality, is the result of a difficult process ofimplementation. Cultural heritage is not ruined exclusively by natural calamities: damages caused bysocial and cultural disasters may at times be even more devastating.The archeological park of Agrigento, born in 1947 after a natural disaster (a landslide in 1944), hidesa history of a half century of battles between the illegal land use and legislative measures to protect acultural heritage recognized worldwide (registered in the WHL in 1997).After fifty years of attacks against th…