Subject Area and Category
Publication type
Journals
Scope
Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage is an international peer reviewed journal which continues Quaderni di Scienza della Conservazione.
Main topics of publication:
• Study of the system: artifact-environment-biota
• Historical-artistic knowledge of cultural heritage (i.e. author, art movement, period of realization, techniques, society and cultural characteristics, socio-economic context, commissioning, financing, interested public)
• History, diagnosis, restoration, maintenance, conservation, valorization, prevention
• Document research
• Book, codex, and manuscript production in its historical context
• Appropriate methodologies and analytical techniques used for the characterization of historical artifacts and evaluation of the conservation state
• Environmental monitoring: assessment of atmospheric pollution and correlated degradation of monuments and historical-artistic sites
• Micro and macroclimatic monitoring in confined areas (i.e. museums, libraries, archives, churches, galleries…)
• Art diagnostics and evaluation of the authentication of art works
• Art market and auction houses
• Experiences in cultural heritage conservation
• Evaluation of the suitability of products for restoration, conservation, and maintenance of works of art
• Information science and cultural heritage: data processing and cataloguing methods
• Virtual re-elaboration and use of historical artifacts and environments
• Study, valorization and digitalization of archive and library heritage
• Environmental context and technical-conservative issues related to historic architecture
• Virtual or traditional conservation, cataloguing and processing of photographs
• Various other topics including education, safeguard, education, legislation, economics, social aspects, management, marketing, interdisciplinarity, internationalization, etc.