With the rapid scientific and technological changes that occur every day, a new kind of
necessity, real-time, rapid, and accurate detection methods, preferably also non-or minimally …

This paper discusses two technical photographic methods based on the use of ultraviolet
sources for art examination: ultraviolet fluorescence (UVF) and ultraviolet reflectance (UVR) …

Applications of time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy (TRPL) and fluorescence
lifetime imaging (FLIM) to the analysis of cultural heritage are presented. Examples range …

For the first time the kinetic emission properties of commercially available cadmium-based
pigments were studied. For analysis, a streak camera-based photoluminescence device was …

The study and the characterisation of modern and contemporary oil paintings is still a
challenging issue, in particular considering the significant changes in paint production …

A multi-disciplinary research campaign was conducted on the painting Country Huts Among
Trees by Vincent van Gogh. The painting belongs to the John Paul II Collection and is …

It is known that oil paintings containing zinc white are subject to rapid degradation. This is
caused by the interaction between the active groups of binder and the metal ions of the …

Here for the first time we describe the use of high resolution nanoprobe X-ray fluorescence
(XRF) map** for the analysis of artists' paints, hierarchically complex materials typically …

A complementary multi-analytical in-situ approach has been adopted for the investigation of
a corpus of ten paintings dating from 1889 and 1940 by the Venetian painter Alessandro …

We present a multi-analytical in situ non-invasive study of a series of emblematic paintings
by Alessandro Milesi (1856–1945) from the collection of the International Gallery of Modern …