{"626149":{"#nid":"626149","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Sub-millimeter Radiation and Signal Processing Lighting the Way for Art Historians and Conservators ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor David Citrin\u0026rsquo;s research on painting analysis \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2017\/11\/21\/imaging-technique-unlocks-secrets-17th-century-artists\u0022\u003Emade the news\u003C\/a\u003E in 2017 \u0026nbsp;by revolutionizing the analysis of priceless historical artifacts using modern characterization techniques. His team\u0026rsquo;s use of terahertz electromagnetic imaging to image artworks in three dimensions\u0026mdash;not just what one sees on the exterior, but also inside, beneath the surface, allows for nondestructive analysis of multiple layers of medium.\u0026nbsp; Terahertz waves penetrate many non-metallic materials, such as paints, textiles, ceramics, glass, and paper, and can provide details of the structure in three dimensions down to about 0.01 mm. Thus, this technique is of great interest to museum conservators and art historians, who welcomed Professor Citrin to lecture at the Center for Research and Restoration of Museums of France (C2RMF) located in the basement of the Palais du Louvre in Paris. The C2RMF is a national research laboratory focused on documentation, conservation, and restoration of art in France\u0026rsquo;s museums.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECitrin\u0026rsquo;s \u0026nbsp;seminar \u0026ldquo;Teasing out the hidden layers of an old master painting using terahertz imaging\u0026rdquo; presented research led by ECE graduate student Junliang Dong using terahertz imaging to measure for the first time multiple paint layers in a 17\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E century easel painting \u003Cem\u003EMadonna in Prayer\u003C\/em\u003E by Italian painter Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferatto.*\u0026nbsp; The painting, loaned by the Mus\u0026eacute;e de la Cour d\u0026rsquo;Or in Metz, provided quite a challenge, as the paint layers measured are between 0.03 and 0.13 mm thick.\u0026nbsp; In fact, the measurement was a minor part of the work; most of the effort was to tease out useful information from rather blurry data using advanced signal-processing techniques, applied here for the first time to this type of problem.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to work on several paintings, Citrin\u0026rsquo;s group is looking at manuscript pages, cloisonn\u0026eacute; enamels, Gallo-Roman ceramics, and Romanesque lead objects (terahertz can see below an obscuring layer of corrosion with the aim to read hidden inscriptions).\u0026nbsp; Ever since graduate school, where he explored doing his PhD research in archeometry (he did not), Citrin has sought ways to apply his laboratory\u0026rsquo;s capabilities to contribute to our knowledge and preservation of cultural heritage.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECitrin\u0026rsquo;s \u0026nbsp;seminar \u0026ldquo;Teasing out the hidden layers of an old master painting using terahertz imaging\u0026rdquo; presented research led by ECE graduate student Junliang Dong using terahertz imaging to measure for the first time multiple paint layers in a 17\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E century easel painting \u003Cem\u003EMadonna in Prayer\u003C\/em\u003E by Italian painter Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferatto.*\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"On Friday 6 September, Prof. David Citrin gave a seminar \u201cTeasing out the hidden layers of an old master painting using terahertz imaging\u201d at the Center for Research and Restoration of Museums of France  located in the basement of the Palais du Louvre."}],"uid":"27863","created_gmt":"2019-09-13 17:28:19","changed_gmt":"2019-09-16 13:38:52","author":"Christa Ernst","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-09-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-09-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"626148":{"id":"626148","type":"image","title":"Citrin at C2RMF","body":null,"created":"1568395374","gmt_created":"2019-09-13 17:22:54","changed":"1568395374","gmt_changed":"2019-09-13 17:22:54","alt":"","file":{"fid":"238379","name":"Citrin at the Lovre.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Citrin%20at%20the%20Lovre.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Citrin%20at%20the%20Lovre.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":237730,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Citrin%20at%20the%20Lovre.jpg?itok=WRC2a0np"}}},"media_ids":["626148"],"groups":[{"id":"213791","name":"3D Systems Packaging Research Center"},{"id":"198081","name":"Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC)"},{"id":"197261","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"1271","name":"NanoTECH"},{"id":"213771","name":"The Center for MEMS and Microsystems Technologies"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12701","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"1925","name":"Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"182346","name":"art analysis"},{"id":"172930","name":"David Citrin"},{"id":"169432","name":"signal processing"},{"id":"182347","name":"tetrahertz imaging"},{"id":"95881","name":"Characterization"},{"id":"51041","name":"historical preservation"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}