This line of research is developed crosswise the Conservation Science Laboratory and the Study Center for the Art Work of the Department of Cultural Heritage, referring to multidisciplinary skills, models, methods, and tools that involve both the historical-artistic and the diagnostic – analytical as well as technical-legal field, whose synergy allows to manage the complexity of the topic. The aim is to achieve, through the use of stylistic, critical-historical, documentary, technical-historical and scientific analyzes, an all-encompassing vision of artifacts, with particular reference to the conservation status, materials, executive technique and the creative process of pictorial works. The research group, inserted into an international dimension, carries out not only wide campaigns of scientific analyses aimed at deepening the painting technique of several artists, but also develops an innovative protocol that, involving both the history of art and the scientific methodologies, allows to carry out an evaluation as objective as possible of artworks for the purpose of authentication. The team is engaged in research, teaching and consulting activities. In the highlights, the main projects currently under way.
Ghelfi B., Matteucci C.,Cataldo M., Stenta P. (Univ. Bologna at Ravenna), Salvatore Andrea Apicella S. A., Cotte P. (Lumière Technology), and Morselli R.(Univ. Teramo). From RELIGION, POLITICS, & CULTURE IN THE PAPACY OF GREGORY XV LUDOVISI (1621-1623), an international, virtual conference (Friday 5 February 2021) hosted by Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. For a full description of the conference, see https://ludovisi.org Conservation Science Laboratory for Cultural Heritage contribution since minute 13.00.
During the second conference of the cycle of online meetings of the "Autunno Guerciniano 2020", promoted by the Municipality of Cento and the Il Guercino International Study Center, Prof. Barbara Ghelfi, professor of art history at the University of Bologna - Ravenna Campus, examines the first results of the diagnostic investigations conducted by the Conservation Science Laboratory of the Department for Cultural Heritage of the University of Bologna in collaboration with Lumiere Technology. The restorer Licia Tasini and the architect Alberto Ferraresi also participate.
The first complete Italian study on Guercino has started in Piacenza. The study, through multispectral imaging and scientific analyses, allows us to see under the pictorial layers. It was led by the diagnostic centerConservation Science Laboratory for Cultural Heritage of the University of Bologna based in Ravenna. The results will be used to build an atlas of Guercino's artworks that will take into account the technical aspects and will allow us to better understand how the artist worked.
Documentary by Roberto Dassoni and Augusta Grecchi realized on the occasion of the exhibition Guercino a Piacenza tra sacro e profano (4 March - 4 June 2017). Contribution of the Diagnostic Laboratory since 20.32.
BBC Documentary presented by Andrew Graham-Dixon. This landmark film uses new evidence to investigate the truth behind her identity and where she lived. It decodes centuries-old documents and uses state-of-the-art technology that could unlock the long-hidden truths of history's most iconic work of art. Conservation Science for Cultural Heritage contribution since minute 32.00.