The conservation of artwork is an important aspect of preserving human culture and artistic
expression. Both knowledge and technology can be essential in artwork conservation …

Infrared thermography (IRT) is a non-destructive technique that has recently been
extensively applied to the investigation of cultural heritage. It provides information on the …

Infrared thermography is a cost-effective non-destructive evaluation technique that plays a
critical role in extracting information about defects in cultural heritage such as works of art …

Terahertz (THz) imaging is increasingly used in the cultural heritage field. In particular,
continuous wave (CW) and low frequency THz is attracting more attention. The first …

Conserving architectural heritage usually requires a multidisciplinary approach involving a
variety of professionals and organizations. Since the evaluation of the state of conservation …

Holographic and thermographic techniques have been recently applied in artwork
diagnostics for the quantitative evaluation of defect size and depth in laboratory samples of …

The need of inspecting a masterpiece of fine art without affecting it led to develop non
destructive methods of investigation. In the field of art conservation, several diagnostic …

The mechanical response of an inhomogeneous sample, simulating wooden marquetry, is
studied after the application of thermal load and increased initial temperature of the object …

The use of different spectral bands in the inspection of artworks is highly recommended to
identify the maximum number of defects/anomalies (ie, the targets), whose presence ought …

Marquetry method is important in the culture of the Italian community as can be witnessed
from the large quantity of artworks that have been realized in this way. The monitoring of the …