About TecnArt…

Mission…

Academic SPIN OFFof the University of Torino

To apply methodologies and scientific technologies in the field of Cultural Heritage, in order to better know, preserve and enhance

historical and artistic works of art, assuring a continuous evolution of analytical methodologies and the development of instruments

expressly designed for the study of different materials.

Technology transfer with a close collaboration with the research field Authentication of art objects, to better estimate their values To better know the materials and the executive tecniques of fine arts To better plannig the restoration projects Dating of archaeological buildings and sites

We worked for…

Soprintendenze, Museums…Private collectors, antique dealers...Foundations , laboratories…Others (La Fabbrica di San Pietro - Città del Vaticano,

National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology…)

THE OUR SERVICES

Thermoluminescence datingAuthentication of ceramic artefacts(vases, statuettes, porcelain, etc…)

Need a sampling(100-200 mg)to carry out in darkened room by an expert in the field

Dating of archaeological buildings and sites (bricks, kilns, etc…) and casting soils

Radiocarbon datingDating of organic material (wood, canvas, bones, etc..)

Digital radiography and tomogrphyRadiography: to get information on the conservationconditions, the execution techniques, the presence of restoration interventions, etc…

Tomography: useful for the three-dimensional artworks, to get information on the conservation conditions, the execution techniques, etc…

Other analyses……to get information on other materials

constituting artworks, archaeological findings, etc…

X-ray fluorescence (XRF)

Raman spectroscopy

Scanning electron microscopy

X-ray diffraction (XRD)

IR spectroscopy

CONTACTDr. Debora Angelici – Dr. Fulvio Fantino

Via Pietro Giuria 1, 10125 Torino

c/o Physics Department of the University of TorinoPhone: +39 011 6707918E-mail: tecnart@unito.it

WEB: www.tecnart.unito.it