Biotechnology a Source of Knowledge in Agreement with Green Strategies for the Conservation of Cultural Assets

IF 0.1 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage Pub Date : 2020-03-18 DOI:10.6092/ISSN.1973-9494/9991

F. Palla, Valentina Rotolo, A. Giordano

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In this study, conservative strategies are applied in order to limit any irreversible damage and to characterize and quantify microbial colonization that may induce the deterioration of constitutive heritage materials; subsequently, suitable antimicrobial interventions are performed based on the use of biotechnology. This paper presents a summary of the basic and applied biotechnology research developed in the Laboratory of Biology and Biotechnology for Cultural Heritage (LaBBCH, University of Palermo, Italy). It shows that biotechnology has an evidently important role in the preservation and restoration of cultural assets, also taking into consideration that “ Prevention is better than cure ”, a milestone in the field of human health that can be shifted and applied to the “cure and preservation” of cultural assets. Moreover, biotechnological tools offer great potential for application, thanks to the increasing interaction between the worlds of art and science, thus opening the way for advanced innovation in the conservation and restoration field of art works.

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生物技术是符合文化资产保护绿色战略的知识来源

在本研究中，为了限制任何不可逆的损害，并表征和量化可能导致本构遗产材料恶化的微生物定植，采用了保守策略;随后，根据生物技术的使用进行适当的抗菌干预。本文介绍了意大利巴勒莫大学文化遗产生物学和生物技术实验室(LaBBCH)开展的基础和应用生物技术研究的概况。它表明，生物技术在保护和修复文化资产方面具有明显的重要作用，同时考虑到"预防胜于治疗"这一人类健康领域的里程碑，可以转移并应用于"治疗和保护"文化资产。此外，由于艺术与科学世界之间的互动日益增加，生物技术工具提供了巨大的应用潜力，从而为艺术品保护和修复领域的先进创新开辟了道路。

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Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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0.40

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审稿时长

15 weeks

期刊介绍： 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.