Surface Roughness Relief

Year: 2005

Authors: Marras L., Fontana R., Gambino M.C., Greco M., Materazzi M., Pampaloni E., Pezzati L., Poggi P.

Autors Affiliation: INOA — Istituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata, Largo E. Fermi 6, 50125 Firenze, Italia

Abstract: The knowledge of the shape of an artwork is an important element for its study and conservation. When dealing with a stone statue, roughness measurement is a very useful contribution to document its surface conditions, to assess either changes due to restoration intervention or surface decays due to weathering agents, and to monitor its time-evolution in terms of shape variations. In this work we present the preliminary results of the statistical analysis carried out on acquired data relative to six areas of the Michelangelo’s David marble statue, representative of differently degraded surfaces. Determination of the roughness and its relative characteristic wavelength is shown.

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More Information: Book Series Springer proceedings in physics
ISSN 0930-8989
Volume Volume 100
Book Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks
Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI 10.1007/b138716
Copyright 2005
ISBN 978-3-540-22996-4 (Print) 978-3-540-27176-5 (Online)
Part Part XI
DOI 10.1007/3-540-27176-7_60
Pages 477-484
Subject Collection Physics and Astronomy
SpringerLink Date Wednesday, April 05, 2006
KeyWords: roughness; 3D Survey; conoscopic profilometry
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-27176-7_60