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- Editorial. SCIRES-IT, a “Class A” Diamond Open Access Journal
Authors: Giovanna Gallo; Rita Accogli
Abstract: SCIRES-IT - SCIentific RESearch and Information Technology has been a Diamod Open Access Journal since its founding (2011). It does not require authors to pay any APCs (Article submission or Processing Charges) for submission or publication of articles. Since 2013 it has been included by ANVUR in the list of “Scientific” journals for the areas 08, 10, 11, 13 and 14, and in 2018 it was also ranked as a “Class A” journal in the area 08 - Architecture. SCIRES-IT has faced many operational challenges, relying mostly on volunteers, and playing a crucial role for scientific communities around the world.
PubDate: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:00:47 +010
- Perspective Studies on the Adoration of the Magi by Leonardo da Vinci
Authors: Fabrizio I. Apollonio; Riccardo Foschi
Abstract: This paper aims to unravel the perspective construction used by Leonardo da Vinci for his iconic and celebrated unfinished painting the Adoration of the Magi. This study is the final step of years-long research brought forward by our department focused on the study of the perspective construction used by Leonardo in the preparatory drawings of his masterpiece. The first two published studies demonstrate how Leonardo re-interpreted the Albertian rules of perspective construction and used them in a non-rigorous way to draw the architectural elements of the preparatory drawings. Starting from these discoveries, this contribution aspires to complete the analysis by investigating if the same aberrations and formal errors are also present in the final painting. By inverse construction and comparison with the preparatory drawings, we observed probable perspective aberrations analogous to those observed in Uffizi’s preparatory drawing.
PubDate: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:00:47 +010
- Development of a 3d Isovist Tool. The Visibility of the Architectural
Space of the University Palace in Genoa Using Panoramic Photography
Authors: Cristina Candito; Alessandro Meloni
Abstract: The present contribution is a part of a study about architecture visibility, as an opportunity to understand spatial features and their effects on user perception. One of the starting points is the vast range of scientific literature and applications about the concept of Isovist, as a tool to visualize the portion of space visible to a user, although limited only to bidimensionality. The purpose is to identify a three-dimensional version of Isovist, here called PanoProj, which takes advantage of the contrast between a realistic representation of the panoramic photography and the dynamic resources of the parametric virtual model. This paper presents an application on the University Palace of Genoa, a 17th century Jesuit college, which is the place where some architectural features, generated by the combination of typology, territory, and local traditions, could be verified, showing the potential of the studies about space visibility.
PubDate: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:00:47 +010
- Digitization and Virtual Experience of Museum Collections. The Virtual
Tour of the Civic Art Gallery of Ancona
Authors: Renato Angeloni
Abstract: Digital technologies have been shown to be highly effective in many activities related to Cultural Heritage (CH). Among the several impacts discussed in the last few decades, this paper focuses on digitization as a tool for the documentation and the experience of a museum collection. Taking advantage of image-based techniques, a digital replica of the Civic Art Gallery of Ancona was generated. Virtual interactions with the digitized artworks were then enabled and tested in the framework of a Virtual Tour (VT), designed as a solution for the museum to reach a wider public. The evaluation of the VT User eXperience (UX) proved the effectiveness of this tool, highlighting positive connections between the considered dimensions of the VT. The questionnaire scores will inspire further improvement to provide a better educational experience and engage more users.
PubDate: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:00:47 +010
- Laser Scanner and UAV for the 2D and 3D Reconstructions of Cultural
Heritage
Authors: Maria Grazia Cianci; Sara Colaceci
Abstract: The contribution exposes a research experience in which the acquisitions with laser scanners and UAVs are aimed at the integrated survey, documentation and reconstruction of 3D models of the Cultural Heritage. The Ex Mercato was designed by the Passarelli studio in 1960 within the Piano INA Casa di Torre Spaccata. It underwent modifications that altered the original spatial, perceptual and fruition characteristics. The client's request, the historical-urban context, the compromised state of affairs have conditioned the methodology of acquisition and reconstruction. The methodology undertaken concerns: historical-documentary research for the discovery of the original project drawings; data acquisition with laser scanners; data acquisition with UAVs; data processing to obtain the complete point cloud with data from laser scanners and UAVs; the 3D reconstruction of the Cultural Property using the mathematical model.
PubDate: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:00:47 +010
- From 3D scanning to Virtual Tours for the fruition of Architectural
Heritage. The Church of Santa Maria della Purità
Authors: Manuela Piscitelli
Abstract: The present report deals with the research area concerning the use of ICT for the fruition of inaccessible heritage. To overcome this condition, the application of cognitive surveys through integrated and expeditious surveying techniques has proved to be very useful. In particular, the application presented here concerns the church of Santa Maria della Purità in Giugliano in Campania, a valuable example of Baroque sacred architecture built on the projects of the famous Neapolitan architect Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, closed to the public for 27 years due to deteriorating conditions. The survey made use of different technologies and had different purposes: the documentation of the geometry of the building, a first analysis of the deteriorating conditions of the structure, and finally the creation of a virtual tour to realize a new form of accessibility with innovative perceptive and informative modes.
PubDate: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:00:47 +010
- Application of Hyper-Spectral Imaging Technique for Colorimetric Analysis
of Paintings
Authors: Marcello Picollo; Andrea Casini, Costanza Cucci, Filippo Cherubini, Lorenzo Stefani
Abstract: This paper describes the Hyper-Spectral Imaging (HSI) scanner developed at IFAC-CNR for non-invasive diagnostics and accurate color acquisitions on paintings. This latter HSI application is still rare in the art conservation field due to the difficulties related to obtaining accurate, reliable, and reproducible data suitable for matching the colorimetric calculations as required by the Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage (CIE) for calibrated sRGB images and colorimetric values are presented. In the present paper, HSI measurements focused on color evaluation of color standards in laboratory and of a 15th century panel painting are reported.
PubDate: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:00:47 +010
- Peacock Feathers and Japanese Costume Culture: Evaluations from Spectrum
Images and Microscopic Observations
Authors: Yumi Awano; Masayuki Osumi
Abstract: The iridescent and brilliance due to the optical anisotropy of peacock feathers attract humankind and cause a feeling of "KIREI (ethereal)". As a result of investigating the spectral characteristics of each part on the upper tail covert feather, it was confirmed that different spectral characteristics between greenish and brownish appear to depend on the lighting related to the weaving technique and design. The design of JINBAORI or OBI, which is weaved with peacock feathers, could be divided into two types: hilarious DATE, which peculiarity is the eccentric multiplex ovals shape, and austere DATE, which peculiarity is the complex optical anisotropic changes of the barbules. Though both show each <peacock-ness>, classification shows that JINBAORI tended to hilarious DATE designs in early medieval Japan. Its motivation would be inferred from the expectations for faith to originate from the peacock's symbolism. Interestingly, the austere DATE design appeared later.
PubDate: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:00:47 +010
- Multispectral Imaging and Artificial Intelligence for Archaeology: First
Results and First Projects
Authors: Cyrille Chaidron; Sébastien Lemernier
Abstract: Archaeology is a human science that is very attentive to technological evolution. For decades, it has relied on technologies from the hard sciences (medicine, chemistry, geology, etc.). The emergence of satellite images with increasingly fine resolutions and the massive arrival of the drone in the field of archaeology have created new uses for the detection of archaeological sites. Multispectral imagery now supports other technologies (geophysics, Lidar). But it is above all the arrival of artificial intelligence and the development of Deep-Learning that is taking archaeology into a new era. The large amount of documentation generated by archaeology is conducive to the development of projects that will use artificial intelligence to help archaeologists in their research and enable them to obtain new results, both in the detection of archaeological sites and in the analysis of artefacts such as ceramics.
PubDate: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:00:47 +010
- Role of Street Art and Graffiti in Conserving Cultural Built Heritage in
Historic Precincts - a Socio-Cultural Comparative Analysis of Three Case
Models in India
Authors: Shahim Abdurahiman, Kasthurba A. K; Afifa Nuzhat
Abstract: Art and aesthetics illustrate the cultural traditions and often define the identity of urban space that evolved through time. Street art and graffiti are underrated and condemned to negligence among the society residing in urban cities. Street graffiti is one such art form that represents the creative expression of suppressed minds. Architecture and street façade in historic urban spaces has become a canvas for their ideas and emotions, expressed as street art and graffiti. The question we face in policy-making is whether this accounts as vandalism or a public display of creativity and whether we accept it as a dynamic layer of heritage. The paper aims to examine the socio-cultural impact of graffiti and street art in historic precincts by assessing three selected case models in India. The article also discusses the role of street art and graffiti in society and their impact on urban heritage. This study will contribute to forming a policy for rejuvenating such heritage streets.
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- Colour Characterisation for the Restoration of a Japanese Handscroll
Authors: Sofia Ceccarelli; Martina Redi, Alessandra Terrei, Noemi Orazi, Valeria Guglielmotti, Dariush Hampai, Sultan Dabagov, Fulvio Mercuri
Abstract: In the restoration of painted artworks, the colour characterisation is a fundamental analysis to address the choice of suitable materials for the recovery and the consolidation of the painting layers. In this paper, we present a diagnostic study on a unique Japanese painted paper handscroll (emakimono), dated back between the late Edo (1603-1867) and the early Meiji (1868-1912) periods, preserved at the Museum of the Civilisation- Prehistoric Ethnographic Museum “Luigi Pigorini” in Rome (Italy). The artwork required an urgent restoration and the consolidation of the entire structure. In order to define specific interventions, non-destructive measurements by means of Fiber Optics Reflectance Spectroscopy (FORS) X-Rays Fluorescence Spectroscopy (XRF) were carried out on the artefact. The results allowed the identification of the colour palette used for tests on the chromaticity and the efficacy of the proper consolidants to employ in the restoration.
PubDate: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:00:47 +010
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