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SCHOOL OF INFRARED AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIES APPLIED TO CULTURAL HERITAGE

XII edition

27 hours tot.

2 modules purchasable individually

A summary of the course

2 modules
THEORY module 1: in person at Centro Conservazione e Restauro "La Venaria Reale" and online in live-streaming on CCR Digital Lab
PRACTICE module 2: in person at Centro Conservazione e Restauro "La Venaria Reale"
13 - 17 November 2023
Visits to Scientific and Conservation Laboratories of the CCR
Social drinks thursday 16 November
language: Italian
Max 24 participants in person

Objectives

-Provide basic theoretical knowledge of the techniques examined

- Present an overview of the state of the art and possible applications

- Impart skills in the acquisition and processing of data

- Share useful tools for the interpretation of data

Description

Currently in its 12th edition, the School will consist of a series of theoretical lectures, with illustration of the basic principles of the techniques under consideration and presentation of case studies, and related practical sessions in the laboratory on data acquisition, processing, and interpretation. The School can be attended in person at the Centro Conservazione Restauro (CCR) "La Venaria Reale" from November 13th to 17th, 2023; those who wish can attend only the theoretical lectures, which will be mostly held during morning hours, remotely. Classes will be held in Italian language by experts from CCR, Università degli Studi di Torino, ISPC-CNR, and Laboratorio Arvedi di Diagnostica Non-Invasiva of the University of Pavia. Participants are expected to be acquainted with the conservation science field and the main materials used in cultural heritage.

Purchase Options

    1.  OPTION  A: MODULE 1  Theory lectures (in-person @CCR/online) 220 euro
    2. OPTION B:  Theory lectures (in-person @CCR/online) + Practice sessions @CCR 480 euro
PROGRAM 2023

Monday 13 November

TEORIA (in presenza e online)

      • 13:30 - 14:00 Accoglienza e registrazione dei partecipanti
      • 14:00 - 14:10 Benvenuto e presentazioni
      • 14:10 - 17:30 Introduzione alle spettroscopie vibrazionali: IR e Raman

Tuesday 14 November

TEORIA (in presenza e online)

      • 9:00 - 11:30 La spettroscopia FTIR in trasmissione e riflessione totale attenuata (ATR): tecniche di campionamento, modalità di acquisizione e strumentazione
      • 11:30 - 11:45 Pausa
      • 11:45 - 12:45 La spettroscopia FTIR: introduzione all’interpretazione spettrale per applicazioni nei beni culturali
      • 12:45 - 14:00 - Pausa pranzo

PRATICA (in presenza, due gruppi a rotazione)

      • 14:00 - 15:30 Laboratorio di spettroscopia FTIR in trasmissione e ATR: acquisizione e interpretazione spettrale
      • 15:30 - 16:00 Pausa
      • 16:00 - 17:30 Laboratorio di spettroscopia FTIR in trasmissione e ATR: acquisizione e interpretazione spettrale
      • 17:30 - 18:30 Visita ai Laboratori di Restauro e ai Laboratori Scientifici del Centro Conservazione e Restauro "La Venaria Reale"

Wednesday 15 November

TEORIA (in presenza e online)

      • 9:00 - 10:45 La spettroscopia Raman: tecniche di campionamento, modalità di acquisizione, strumentazione
      • 10:45 - 11:00 Pausa
      • 11:00 - 12:00 Introduzione all'interpretazione spettrale
      • 12:00 - 12:45 Spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS): cenni di teoria e applicazioni nei beni culturali
      • 12:45 - 14:00 Pausa pranzo

PRATICA (in presenza, due gruppi a rotazione)

      • 14:00 - 15:30 Laboratorio di spettroscopia Raman: acquisizione e
        interpretazione spettrale
      • 15:30 - 16:00 Pausa
      • 16:00 - 17:30 Laboratorio di spettroscopia Raman: acquisizione e interpretazione spettrale
      • 18:30 - 20:30 Visita museo

Thursday 16 November

TEORIA (in presenza e online)

      • 9:00 - 10:00 Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS): cenni di teoria e applicazioni nei beni culturali (F. Pozzi)
      • 10:00 - 11:15 La spettroscopia FTIR in riflessione: modalità di acquisizione e interpretazione spettrale
      • 11:15 - 11:30 Pausa
      • 11:30 - 12:45 La spettroscopia FTIR micro e imaging: modalità di acquisizione e interpretazione spettrale
      • 12:45 - 14:00 Pausa Pranzo

PRATICA (in presenza, due gruppi a rotazione)

      • 14:00 - 15:30 - Laboratorio di spettroscopia FTIR in riflessione: acquisizione e interpretazione spettrale
      • 15:30 - 16:00 - Pausa
      • 16:00 - 17:30 Laboratorio di spettroscopia FTIR in modalità micro e imaging: acquisizione e interpretazione spettrale
      • 18:00- 20:00 Aperitivo sociale

Friday 17 November

TEORIA (in presenza e online)

    • 9:00 - 11:30 La spettroscopia FTIR: applicazioni nei beni culturali in laboratorio e in cantiere
    • 11:30 - 11:45 Pausa
    • 11:45 - 12:45 Micro-IR e nano-IR: casi di studio e indagini al sincrotrone
    • 12:45 - 14:00 Pausa pranzo e conclusione

Partnerships

Lecturers

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Alessandra Botteon

Alessandra Botteon is a researcher at the Institute of Cultural Heritage Sciences (ISPC) of the National Research Council (CNR). Since 2013 she has been working at the Raman spectroscopy laboratory of the Institute’s  headquarters in Milan and carries out research aimed at the development of non-invasive Raman spectroscopy methods for the study of cultural heritage.

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Claudia Conti

Senior researcher at the Institute of Cultural Heritage Sciences (ISPC) of the National Research Council (CNR) and in charge of the Raman spectroscopy laboratory in Milan. Her main competences concern the development of non-invasive methods of Raman spectroscopy and their application to objects of artistic interest.

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Giacomo Fiocco

Giacomo Fiocco is a post-doc researcher and supervisor of research activities at the Arvedi Laboratory of Non-invasive Diagnostics at the University of Pavia. He graduated in 2015 in Sciences and Technologies for Cultural Heritage at the University of Turin and completed his PhD in Chemistry and Materials Sciences at the same university in 2021. He specializes in the study and characterization of cultural heritage materials, in particular those related to historical musical instruments, through non and micro-invasive spectroscopic techniques.

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Anna Piccirillo

Anna Piccirillo earned her PhD in Chemical Sciences from the University of Turin, Italy (2004). She has been working as Conservation Scientist in the scientific laboratories at Centre for Conservation and Restoration “La Venaria Reale” since 2014, and her main activity is the characterization of artworks materials. In her professional activity, she focuses her research on ancient modern and contemporary materials and on their degradation products. She is well skilled in FTIR spectroscopy, XRF, SEM-EDX and optical microscopy. She is actively involved in some of the research projects promoted by CCR and co-author of scientific publications on scientific journals.

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Tommaso Poli

Tommaso Poli is a research technician (EP) at the Chemistry Department of the University of Turin. He has a PhD in Chemical Sciences and has been involved since the Degree Thesis (Industrial Chemistry) in the study and characterization of materials used in the conservation of cultural heritage with particular attention to polymeric materials. He actively collaborates with the Conservation and Restoration Centre “La Venaria Reale”, has participated in several national and international research projects and is the author of numerous scientific publications.

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Elena Possenti

Elena Possenti is a researcher at the Institute of Cultural Heritage Sciences (ISPC) of the National Research Council (CNR). Her line of research concerns the development of new analytical protocols to evaluate the interaction and diffusion of inorganic treatments in complex stone materials. An integral part of the research activity is based on the exploration of the potential of IR vibrational spectroscopy for the reconstruction of high spatial resolution composite maps (ATR-FTIR mapping and imaging) of polychrome micrometric stratigraphies and conservative products in inorganic matrices.

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Federica Pozzi

PhD in Chemical Sciences, is Director of the Scientific Laboratories of the Centro Conservazione Restauro “La Venaria Reale”. While having experience with different materials and analytical techniques, her research has focused on the analysis of pigments and dyes in artifacts of archaeological, historical, and artistic significance with Raman and SERS spectroscopies. From 2010 to 2021 she held positions at various museums and universities in the United States, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the City College of the City University of New York, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and The Art Institute of Chicago. 

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Chiara Ricci

Conservation scientist, graduated from the University of Turin in Science for Cultural Heritage, in 2012, and in Materials Science for Cultural Heritage, in 2016. In 2020, she earned a PhD in Cultural Heritage Protection in collaboration with the University of Vigo, Spain. After graduation she had internship experiences at the Getty Conservation Institute (Los Angeles, USA) and the Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España (Madrid, Spain). She currently works as a technician at the University of Turin and at the scientific laboratories of the Conservation and Restoration Center “La Venaria Reale,” where she carries out diagnostic and research activities. In recent years, she has mainly dealt with the issues of graffiti removal from ornamental stones and the conservation of public art, particularly street art works.

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Michela Albano

Michela Albano is a research technician at the Arvedi Laboratory for Non-Invasive Diagnostics at the University of Pavia in Cremona. She graduated in 2014 in Science and Technology for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage at La Sapienza University of Rome and completed her PhD in Physics at Polytechnic di Milan in 2022. Her expertise is mainly based on the application of spectroscopic and imaging analyses for the characterization of cultural heritage materials, with a focus on wood, metal alloys, inks, and their alteration pattern.