THE COURSE:

• From 15 to 19 September 2025
• In person at the ‘La Venaria Reale’ Centre for the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage or online on the JRC Digital Lab platform
•  Language: Italian
• Certificate of participation
• Deadline for registration: 5 September 2025

THE OBJECTIVES:

• Provide basic knowledge on the theoretical principles of the techniques under examination
• Present an overview of the state of the art and possible applications
• Transmitting skills in data acquisition and processing
• Sharing tools for data interpretation

Now in its second edition, the School will be divided into a series of theoretical lessons, with illustration of the fundamental principles of the techniques in question and presentation of case studies, and related practical exercises in the laboratory on data acquisition, processing and interpretation.

The School may be attended in person at the ‘La Venaria Reale’ Conservation and Restoration Centre (CCR) from 15 to 19 September 2025; those who wish will be able to attend only the theoretical lessons, mainly in the morning, in remote mode. The lessons, in Italian, will be held by experts from the JRC, IFAC-CNR and the University of Milan.

PURCHASE OPTIONS

• OPTION A: Buy Module 1 – Theoretical lessons ONLINE / IN PRESENCE – €300
• OPTION B: Buy Module 2 – Theoretical Lessons + Practical Exercises IN PRESENCE at the JRC – EUR 500

THE PROGRAMME

Monday 15 September
Theory (in-person and online)
• 14.00-16.00 Elements of optical spectroscopy and applications of fibre optic reflectance spectroscopy (FORS) in cultural heritage (M. Picollo)
• 16.00-18.00 Introduction to colorimetry for applications in cultural heritage (M. Picollo)

Tuesday 16 September
Theory (in-person and online)
• 9.00-11.00 Elements of history of photography: principles and methods (M. Gargano)
• 11.00-13.00 Photographic techniques for cultural heritage: methods and equipment for the acquisition of images in diffused, grazing and transmitted visible light (M. Gargano)

PRACTICE (in presence, two rotating groups)
• 13.45-15.00 Fiber optic reflectance spectroscopy (FORS) laboratory: from data acquisition to interpretation (T. Cavaleri)
• 15.00-16.15 Laboratory of photographic techniques: acquisition of images in diffused, grazing and transmitted light (D. Demonte)
• 16.30-17.30 Photographic techniques workshop: post-production of images in diffused, grazing and transmitted light and multilayer setting (D. Demonte, M. Morlotti)

Wednesday 17 September
Theory (in-person and online)
• 9.00-11.00 NIR/SWIR infrared reflectography: principles, instruments and methods for applications in cultural heritage (M. Gargano)
• 11.00-13.00 False colour infrared and infrared reflectography: Analytical interpretation of images on case studies (M. Gargano)

PRACTICE (in presence, two rotating groups)
• 13.45-15.00 NIR infrared reflectography laboratory: acquisition of reflectographic images (D. Demonte)
• 15.00-16.15 SWIR infrared reflectography laboratory: acquisition of reflectographic images (F. Di Iorio)
• 16.30-18.00 Infrared reflectography laboratory (NIR and SWIR): post-production of reflectographic and false color images, mosaic and alignment on the multilayer (D. Demonte, F. Di Iorio)

Thursday 18 September
Theory (in-person and online)
• 9.00-11.00 Imaging techniques of luminescence and false colors: principles, instruments and methods and analytical interpretation of images (M. Gargano)
• 11.00-13.00 Fluorescence spectroscopy induced by ultraviolet and visible radiation (S. Bruni)

PRACTICE (in presence, two rotating groups)
• 13.45-15.00 Laboratory of fluorescence spectroscopy (S. Bruni)
• 15.00-16.15 Laboratory on luminescence imaging techniques: acquisition of luminescence images (M. Gargano)
• 16.30-18.00 Laboratory on luminescence imaging techniques: post-production of luminescence images, false color processing and finalization of the multilayer file (M. Gargano, M. Morlotti)

Friday 19 September
PRACTICE (in presence, two rotating groups)
• 9.00-10.00 Colorimetry workshop: from data acquisition to interpretation (T. Cavaleri)
• 10.00-11.00 Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) Laboratory: set up and acquisition process (F. Di Iorio)
• 11.30-13.00 Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) Laboratory: processing of files and visualization tools (F. Di Iorio, M. Morlotti)