Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks XIII : : Proceedings of the International Conference on Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks XIII (LACONA XIII), 12-16 September 2022, Florence, Italy.

• Author: Siano, Salvatore.
• TeilnehmendeR: Ciofini, Daniele.
• Place / Publishing House: Milton : : Taylor & Francis Group,, 2023.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (283 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- International steering committee -- International advisory committee -- Local organizing committee -- PHOTONICS DIAGNOSTICS Painted surfaces -- Rubens's Death of Hippolytus (1610-12): How scanning XRFshed new light on old questions -- Use of non-invasive methods of analysis applied to the study of Oscar Pereira da Silva paintings -- Non-destructive investigation of a late panel painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder -- The contribution of scanning X-ray fluorescence to the investigation of easel paintings: Examples of applications from the Courtauld Gallery -- INFRA-ART spectral library: A new open access infrastructure for heritage science -- Metal artefacts -- LIBS vs XRF on underwater heritage: The silver coins of "Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes" -- LIBS to classify different shades of gildings -- Use of laser additive technologies for restoration and reconstruction of artworks -- LASER TREATMENTS Painted surfaces -- Laser cleaning in the conservation of archaeological artifacts: Polychrome wooden objects from ancient Egypt -- You can clean but cannot touch. Graffiti removal from prehistoric pictographs at Hueco Tanks State Park &amp -- Historic Site using laser ablation process -- Preliminary study and implementation of nanosecond NIR fibre laser in conservation of polychrome heritage objects -- Egyptian limestone polychrome statues: Laser cleaning in comparison with traditional methods -- Gradual cleaning of a seventeenth-century polychrome wood sculpture by Er:YAG laser -- Laser cleaning of the painted frames of the Issenheim altarpiece in Colmar -- A new approach for the restoration of gilded surfaces: Revealing original decors of the "Bargueño" (16th century) by Er: YAG laser processing controlled by Optical Coherence Tomography.

Fibrous and membranous material artefacts -- Study and experimentation for a controlled laser cleaning of feathers -- Development and application of a custom green laser system to remove decades old penciled graffiti on raw canvas from Morris Louis' masterwork, Beta Upsilon -- Laser cleaning of an eighteenth-century waistcoat from the Civic Museums of Modena: Preserving silk and metallic threads -- PVC cleaning via different methods: Comparison of laser and CO2 snow -- Diagnostics and conservation of an archaeological 'coin purse' from the Vesuvian area -- Luca Trevisani's printed feathers: A laser case study -- Stone and metal artefacts -- Combined use of Er:YAG and Nd:YAG lasers for cleaning the stone surfaces of the Monumental Cemetery of Pisa -- Laser cleaning of graffiti and cleaning evaluation -- The Flight of Night: Laser cleaning coated plaster -- Evaluation of femtosecond laser texturing on carbonate heritage stones -- The restoration of the amalgam gilded bronze elements from the Baptismal Font of Siena: Remarks on laser ablation in combination with other cleaning methods -- Assessment of material-atmosphere interactions during scanning laser cleaning of archaeological bronze alloys: A Roman coin case study -- Author Index.