Go-On-Target in Art

Activities and results

Phase 1 – December 2022

1. Design of the opto-mecanical setup for RAMAN

2. Corelation of the LIBS-RAMAN signals

3. Dissemination

Communications @ international conferences:
✓ Multianalytical approach for removal of thick layers of metallic overpaints from a Brancovan iconostasis, M. Dinu, V. Atanassova, L.C. Ratoiu, L.M. Angheluta, S.R. Polizu, R. Radvan @ Lasers In conservation of Artworks LACONA XIII, 12-16 September 2022, Florence, poster
✓ Multi-analytical investigations of the Medieval Turkish Bath from Golești Open Air Museum, M Dinu, L.C. Ratoiu, C. Calin, G. Calin, The World XIIth Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy – LIBS 2022, 5-9.09.2022, Bari, Italia, oral presentation
✓ Classification of metal archaeological artefacts from Hallstatt period using LIBS, M Dinu, C. Bors , L. Ghervase, The World XIIth
Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy – LIBS 2022, 5-9.09.2022, Bari, Italia

ISI articles:
✓ R. Radvan, M. Dinu, L.C. Ratoiu, M.C Stancu – Aspects concerning laser cleaning of contemporary mural paintings, Romanian Journal of Physics 68, 905 (2023)
✓ Dinu, M.; Ratoiu, L.C.; Călin, C.; Călin, G., Multi-analytical investigations of the Medieval Turkish Bath from Golești Open Air Museum, Buildings Buildings 2023, 13(2), 321; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020321

Media outreach:
✓ outreach article: Go-on-target în artă, M. Dinu, R. Radvan, Heritage Science series, Market Watch, 249, 2022 http://www.marketwatch.ro/articol/17959/Go-ontarget_in_arta/

✓ project website

Phase 2 – December 2023

1. Testing the RAMAN system

2. GoT development

3. Testing GoT

4. Heritage Science classes and trans-national access program

5. Dissemination



Communications @ international conferences:
✓ Statistical classification of LIBS and hyperspectral data for mapping the interventions on a historical building, M. Dinu, L.C. Ratoiu, C. Călin, G. Călin @ 8th International Conference on Analytical Techniques in Art and Cultural Heritage, TECHNART 2023, 7-12 Mai 2023, Lisabona, poster
✓ Multi-analytical approach for investigation of the hidden layers in a post-byzantine icon, M. Dinu, L. Ghervase, I.M. Cortea, L. Ratoiu, L. Angheluță, S.S. Samoilescu, 8th International Conference on Analytical Techniques in Art and Cultural Heritage, TECHNART 2023, 7-12 Mai 2023, Lisabona, poster
✓ LIBS stratigraphy in the aid of revealing the hidden layers of a post-byzantine icon, M. Dinu, L. Ghervase, I.M. Cortea, L. Ratoiu, L. Angheluță, Sister Serafima Samoilescu, 12th Edition of the Euro-Mediterranean Symposium on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (EMSLIBS 2023), 3-7 Sep 2023, Porto, oral presentation
✓ Go-on-target in art, M. Dinu, R. Rădvan, 12th Edition of the Euro-Mediterranean Symposium on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (EMSLIBS 2023), 3-7 Sep 2023, Porto
✓ Proiect „GoT in art”, PN-III-P4-PCE-2021-1605, M. Dinu, M. Stancu, The 15th edition of The European Exhibition of Creativity And Innovation – EUROINVENT 2023, 11-13 Mai 2023, Iași
✓ Brevet ”Metodă complexă de identificare, caracterizare și cartare a  materialelor  policrome multistrat, de la nivel macroscopic la nivel microscopic”, M. Dinu, R. Rădvan, L.C. Ratoiu, The 15th edition of The European Exhibition of Creativity And Innovation – EUROINVENT 2023, 11-13 Mai 2023, Iași
✓ Proiect „GoT in art”, PN-III-P4-PCE-2021-1605, M. Dinu, R.Rădvan, M. Stancu, Salonul Internațional de Invenții și Inovații ,,TRAIAN VUIA” Timișoara, ediția a IX -a, 15-17  Iun 2023, Timișoara

ISI articles:
✓ Photonic applications for restoration and conservation of 19th century polychrome religious wooden artworks, M. Dinu, L.C. Ratoiu, S.R. Polizu, R. Rădvan, Coatings, 2023, 13(7), 1235; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings13071235
✓ Non-destructive investigation of a late panel painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder        I.M. Cortea, L. Ratoiu, R. Rădvan, Siano, S., & Ciofini, D. (Eds.). (2023). 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 (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003386872

Patent:
✓ A00757/28.10.2023: Echipament hibrid pentru caracterizarea stratigrafică la nivel elemental și molecular a obiectelor de patrimoniu cultural, M. Dinu, L. Ghervase, I.M. Cortea, R. Radvan

Media outreach:
✓ Radio Cultural interview: Dimensiunea științifică a artei: Brâncuși dintr-o perspectivă inginerească, R. Rădvan.
https://www.radioromaniacultural.ro/sectiuni-articole/stiinta/dimensiunea-stiintifica-a-artei-brancusi-dintr-o-perspectiva-ingineresca-id36350.html
✓ outreach article in the international magazine Research Outreach, https://researchoutreach.org/publication/

Phase 3 – September 2024

1. Validation of the GoT system

2. Trans-national access program

3. Dissemination



Communications @ international conferences and invention salons:

  • Multi-analytical approach for similitude analysis of metal Roman age findings, M. Dinu, L. Ghervase, A. Ratiu, The 6th International Conference on Innovation in Art Research and Technology (InART2024), 4-7 June 2024 Oslo
  • Layers of the past. Non-destructive investigations of the old wall paintings from Râmnicu-Valcea Episcopal Church, Romania, L. Ratoiu, I.M. Cortea, L. Ghervase, L. Angheluță, The 6th International Conference on Innovation in Art Research and Technology (InART2024), 4-7 June 2024 Oslo
  • Go-on-target in art, Monica Dinu, International Conference on Optoelectronics and Heritage Science”, OptoHS, 9 septembrie 2024
  • Scientific method for controlled laser cleaning of polychrome objects, brevet A/00706/09.11.2020, Poster, M. Dinu, L. Ghervase, L. C. Ratoiu, R. Rădvan, International Salon of Invention and Innovative Entrepreneurship, 16 – 17 mai 2024, Chisinau, medalie de argint
  • Echipament hibrid pentru caracterizarea stratigrafică la nivel elemental și molecular a obiectelor de patrimoniu cultural – Cerere brevet nr A 00757/2023, M. Dinu, I.M Cortea, L. Ghervase , R. Rădvan, 16th European Exhibition of Creativity and Innovation – Iasi, Romania, 6-8 June 2024, medalie de aur
  • Workshops, debates and open access to the infrastructure:
    Workshop-ul Tehnici si metode spectroscopice pentru investigarea patrimoniului cultural –  ”Atelierul de la Ionești”, organizat împreună cu Asociația Biserici Înlemnite, Parohia Țărmure Ionești, Arad, 10 aprilie 2024
  • GoT open access – E-RIHS, 20 iunie 2024
  • CERTO workshop open-access GoT în cadrul ”International Conference on Optoelectronics and Heritage Science”, OptoHS, 9 septembrie 2024
  • Dezbatere cu potențialii beneficiari – masă rotundă, International Conference on Optoelectronics and Heritage Science, OptoHS, 9 septembrie 2024
    CERTO open-access workshop, în cadrul ”Workshop of modernist plaster conservation”, organizat împreună cu Fundația PRO PATRIMONIO la Institutul Francez din Timișoara, 26-27 septembrie 2024

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