Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR- ICVBC/ IFAC/INO), IT 
About
The National Research Council (CNR) is a public organization; its
duty is to carry out, promote, spread, transfer and improve
research activities in the main sectors of knowledge growth and of
its applications for the scientific, technological, economic and
social development of the Country.
To this end, the activities of the organization are divided into
macro areas of interdisciplinary scientific and technological
research, concerning several sectors: biotechnology, medicine,
materials, environment and land, information and communications,
advanced systems of production, judicial and socio-economic
sciences, classical studies and arts. CNR is distributed all over
Italy through a network of institutes aiming at promoting a wide
diffusion of its competences throughout the national territory and
at facilitating contacts and cooperation with local firms and
organizations. In this project three institutes belonging to CNR
will be involved: ICVBC, IFAC and INO.
Relevant experience and role
Institute for Conservation and Promotion of Cultural Heritage, IT (CNR-ICVBC)
The activity
focuses on research projects regarding the conservation and
promotion of cultural heritage, taking into consideration the
historical, artistic, archaeological merits and environmental
context.
One of the essential assets of the ICVBC is its multidisciplinary
character, promoting an interdisciplinary approach to research,
guaranteed not only by the presence of diverse professionals
(biologists, chemists, engineers, geologists, physicists,
archaeologists, architects, urban historians), but also through the
development of an extensive national and international network of
collaboration with research institutes, universities and public or
private bodies involved in the protection and preservation of
cultural property.
In the CHARISMA project ICVBC is involved in Networking Activity
being responsible of definition of the principles and establishment
of best protocols for sampling, proposing appropriate strategies
for selected types of objects, materials or conservation
problems.
ICVBC is also involved in two Research Activities respectively on
Laser Cleaning and Innovative methodologies and instrumentation for
laboratory research.
Institute of Applied Physics “Nello Carrara”, IT (CNR-IFAC)
The main
research fields are: Methodologies and applications of
electromagnetic waves, optics, quantum electronics, and
interactions between radiation and matter; Structure of matter;
Applied spectroscopy; Optoelectronics and photonics; Laser and
applications; Electromagnetism; Optical Sensors and observation
methodologies; Information processing.
The Division “Laser & Applications” will contribute to the
project CHARISMA with an established experience in development and
application of Laser techniques for the cleaning phase in
restoration of artefacts. Working on this problem since 1992,
CNR-IFAC has critically reviewed the previous laser approach,
implementing the understanding of the physics of the laser-material
interaction, selecting suitable laser parameters that avoid side
effects as yellowing of stone (determined by previous
unsatisfactory tests), and finally demonstrating in crucial
examples of problems the ability of laser cleaning where other
techniques failed.
The conservation research is performed in strict collaboration with
the main conservation institutions, such as the Opificio delle
Pietre Dure, Florence, the Archaeological Superintendence of
Tuscany and Marches and several National museums of Art and
Archaeology, along with a number of national and international
research institution, service and artistic handicraft SMEs.
In CHARISMA IFAC is responsible for the overall coordination of
networking activities and specifically for and the promotion of
Scientific excellence through focused training actions and skills
development. IFAC is also responsible for the Joint Research
activity on Laser Cleaning.
National Institute of Optics, IT (CNR-INO)
INO’s main
fields of activity are: advanced (applied) research, graduate and
post-graduate training, certifications and technical inspections.
INO’s research interests cover four main areas: Optics and
Optoelectronics, Technical Optics, Quantum Optics, Information
Processing.
The Gruppo Beni Culturali (Art Diagnostics Group), GBC, of INO
studies applications of optical-based techniques as well as the
project engineering and realisation of specific tools for
non-invasive analysis on relevant historical and artistic works.
Since the beginning, the GBC has increased its know-how by
collaborating both with affiliates of the Italian Ministry of
Cultural Heritage and Activities, as well as Italian and foreign
research entities and institutes (the Opificio delle Pietre Dure,
the Gallerie dell’Accademia di Venezia, the National Gallery and
the Hermitage). Research on optical diagnostic techniques and the
applications of the developed methodologies have allowed relevant
discoveries in famous masterpieces, among them the Leonardo da
Vinci’s Vergine delle Rocce, the Crocifissione of Masaccio, the
Tempesta of Giorgione, Fornarina of Raffaello, the Annunciazione of
Leonardo, the Minerva of Arezzo. INO is certified as UNI EN ISO
9001:2000.
In the CHARISMA project INO is strongly involved in Research
Activities, specifically on New portable instrumentation and
innovative methodologies for in situ diagnostics and conservation,
being responsible of Near-IR confocal laser scanning microscopy
(CLSM), and cooperating to four research tasks on Optical Coherence
Tomography, Mobile, single-sided NMR tomography, Combined
time-resolved and steady-state fluorimetry and Laser cleaning: new
methodologies for in-situ applications). INO is also involved in
Transational Access Activities offering access to the Multispectral
NIR Scanner under the MOLAB program.
Website address:
www.cnr.itwww.icvbc.cnr.it
www.ifac.cnr.it
arte.ino.it
Team Leader
Name: Dr Susanna BracciAddress: Istituto per la Conservazione e la Valorizzazione dei Beni Culturali, Via Madonna del Piano, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, IT
E-mail: [email protected]
