Name: SR2A 2023 – 10th International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation and Neutrons in Art and Archaeology
Start: 2023-11-21T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2023-11-24T14:00:00+01:00
Location: Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

SR2A 2023 – 10th International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation and Neutrons in Art and Archaeology

from Tuesday, November 21, 2023 (8:00 AM) to Friday, November 24, 2023 (2:00 PM)

Monday, November 20, 2023
Tuesday, November 21, 2023

8:30 AM Registration
Registration
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium

9:30 AM Opening Remarks
Opening Remarks
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium Prof. Dr. Bernhard Maaz, General Director Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich Prof. Dr. Peter Müller-Buschbaum, Scientific Director FRM II / MLZ, Munich Dr. Ina Reiche, Research Director CNRS, Paris, International advisory and program committee SR2A Dr. Heike Stege, Doerner Institut, Munich, Local organizing team
10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
Contributions

10:00 AM Keynote Speech #1: How neutrons provide new insights into cultural heritage objects - Michael Schulz

10:35 AM SR high-lateral resolution 2D XRPD-XRF mapping to non-destructively study the interactions of inorganic conservation treatments with Cultural Heritage painted plasters and frescoes - Elena Possenti (ISPC CNR)
11:00 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
11:25 AM
11:25 AM - 1:05 PM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
Contributions

11:25 AM 2D high lateral resolution synchrotron µXRF and µXRPD Mapping for Enhanced Characterization of Inorganic Treatments for Stone Consolidation - Giulia Massinelli

11:50 AM Synchrotron radiation techniques for the characterization and conservation of painted metal objects of industrial heritage (The CoPaiM project) - Julie GORDON (Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, Paris, France)

12:15 PM XEOL study of the kinetics of optical and chemical changes induced during synchrotron X-ray analysis of fossil teeth - Laurent Tranchant (IPANEMA, CNRS, Ministère de la Culture, UVSQ, MNHN, UAR 3461, Université Paris Saclay, 91192, Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

12:40 PM In situ investigation of synchrotron radiation damage effect of ancient paintings by time resolved ED-XAS and IR combined techniques - Xiangjun Wei (Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF))
1:05 PM Lunch Break (individual, on own expenses)
Lunch Break (individual, on own expenses)
1:05 PM - 2:40 PM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
2:40 PM
2:40 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
Contributions

2:40 PM Keynote Speech #2: Shining a light on indigeneous Australian cultural pigments using synchrotron approaches - Rachel Popelka-Filcoff

3:15 PM Raw material characterization or provenance identification? Different levels in the research of polished stone tools by PGAA - Veronika Szilágyi (Centre for Energy Research)

3:40 PM The applicability of prompt-gamma activation analysis to obsidian provenance studies. The case of a strange find: a blade from Csongrád (South-East Hungary) - Zsolt Kasztovszky (Centre for Energy Research)

4:05 PM Neutron Tomography analysis of bimetallic swords from Northwestern Iran – forensic investigation of trafficked finds - Alex Rodzinka (Cranfield University/ ISIS Neutron and Muon Source)
4:30 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
4:30 PM - 4:55 PM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
4:55 PM Evening Lecture: Art and Innovation in Renaissance Venice - Insights into Current Art-technological Research into Venetian Paintings at the Alte Pinakothek - Eva Ortner (Director of the Doerner Institut)
Evening Lecture: Art and Innovation in Renaissance Venice - Insights into Current Art-technological Research into Venetian Paintings at the Alte Pinakothek
- Eva Ortner (Director of the Doerner Institut)
4:55 PM - 5:35 PM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium More than 200 masterpieces of Venetian Painting of the 15th and 16th century are currently subject of a long-term cataloging and research project at the Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich. In the Venice of the High Renaissance, a revolutionary change in painting style took place that had a decisive influence on the further development of European painting. The groundbreaking artistic ideas of this period are closely intertwined with equally innovative upheavals in painting technique and choice of materials. The detailed comparison of current art-historical research with the latest visual and painting-technological observations is therefore of crucial importance. Thus, around 50 paintings – among them works by Titian, Veronese and Tintoretto – undergo extensive interdisciplinary examination by a team of art historians, conservators and scientists using manifold microscopical, imaging and analytical techniques to unravel their specific working process. The lecture will introduce the project, discuss actual case studies, and present exciting new findings.
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:50 AM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
Contributions

9:00 AM Keynote Speech #3: Structural analysis of historical pigments using synchrotron radiation - Victor Gonzalez

9:35 AM Correlative X-ray Fluorescence and Ptychography Tomography at the Nanoscale Elucidate Different Smalt Mixtures used in The Night Watch - Fréderique Broers (Rijksmuseum)

10:00 AM Synchrotron-based studies in the far-infrared region of pigments from artists’ legacies - Hartmut Kutzke (Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo)

10:25 AM The application of the Small- and Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering to investigate the nano-structure of heritage objects: Tibetan tsakali papers and pigments - Sylvio Haas (Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron - DESY)
10:50 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:50 AM - 11:15 AM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
Contributions

11:15 AM Identification of unusual copper-containing blue and green pigments in early modern English wall paintings: a multimodal analytic study using SR-µPXRD - Ellen Purdy

11:40 AM Semi-quantitative chemical imaging at the PUMA beamline, SOLEIL synchrotron, complemented with SEM-EDX to analyze red coloring matter samples of polychrome cave art from northern Spain - José Tapia (PCMTH, Institut de recherche de Chimie Paris (IRCP) – Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France (C2RMF) UMR 8247 CNRS Chimie Paristech)

12:05 PM Assessment of lead pigments evolution in the domus Avinyó Roman wall paintings by µSR-XRD and µSR-XRF - Francesc Albert-Tortosa (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
12:30 PM Lunch Break (individual, on own expenses)
Lunch Break (individual, on own expenses)
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium

2:00 PM

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium

3:30 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:30 PM - 3:55 PM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
3:55 PM
3:55 PM - 5:20 PM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
Contributions

3:55 PM Keynote Speech #4: Neutron and historical steel artefacts: a metrological and historical-technological overview - Francesco Grazzi

4:30 PM IDENTIFICATION OF THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF SARDINIAN BRONZE STATUARY: A RESEARCH PROJECT THROUGH NEUTRON TECHNIQUES - Francesco Cantini (Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia)

4:55 PM Tibetan bronze sculptures studies with neutrons – impact to history and art market - Eberhard Lehmann (PSI)
6:30 PM Conference Dinner at Hofbräukeller am Wiener Platz
Conference Dinner at Hofbräukeller am Wiener Platz
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
Thursday, November 23, 2023
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
Contributions

9:00 AM Keynote Speech #5: Cultural heritage research at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) - Louisa Smieska

9:35 AM Comprehensive synchrotron-based technical analysis of the practice of Pierre Soulages at the end of the 1950s and screening of markers of alteration - Chloë Coustet (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, ministère de la Culture, UVSQ, MNHN, Institut photonique d’analyse non-destructive européen des matériaux anciens (IPANEMA), 91192 Saint-Aubin, France)

10:00 AM Neutron tomography - a tool to virtually unwrap folded lead amulets - David Mannes (Paul Scherrer Institut)
10:25 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:25 AM - 10:50 AM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
Contributions

10:50 AM Shining New Light on History: Exploring Ancient Glass with Synchrotron Radiation Techniques - Giulia Franceschin (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)

11:15 AM Synchrotron microtomography imaging of archaeological textiles - Loïc Bertrand (Université Paris-Saclay)

11:40 AM Illustration technique and degradation processes of papyrus from Ancient Egypt - Catherine Dejoie (ESRF)

12:05 PM Carbon speciation of paints with mixed protein-oil binders: an inelastic x-ray scattering approach - Rafaella Georgiou (Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa/ Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison)
12:30 PM Lunch Break (individual, on own expenses)
Lunch Break (individual, on own expenses)
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
Contributions

2:00 PM Keynote Speech #6: Heritage research at the PUMA beamline - Sebastian Schöder

2:35 PM Activation analysis for archaeometry at MLZ - Christian Stieghorst (TUM / FRM II)

3:00 PM New statistical methodologies for processing  large XRS spectral imaging datasets - Laure Cazals (Université Paris-Saclay, ENS Paris-Saclay, CNRS, PPSM)

3:25 PM A case study for a Geant4 based iterative approach on data fusion of neutron tomography and gamma spectroscopy: a solid-cast bronze Kuvera - Yueer Li (Delft University of Technology, fac. Applied Sciences, dep. RST, Delft, Netherlands)
3:50 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:50 PM - 4:15 PM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium

4:15 PM Conference Foto
Conference Foto
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium

4:30 PM Guided Tours Alte Pinakothek, Pinakothek der Moderne, Museum Brandhorst
Guided Tours Alte Pinakothek, Pinakothek der Moderne, Museum Brandhorst
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium

6:00 PM Reception at Wintergarten, Pinakothek der Moderne
Reception at Wintergarten, Pinakothek der Moderne
6:00 PM - 7:45 PM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
Friday, November 24, 2023
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
Contributions

9:00 AM Keynote Speech #7: Unveiling the mystery of the ancient hare’s fur tea-bowl glaze: Evidence for doping through advanced manipulation in the creation of ε-Fe2O3 films in high fired porcelain - Yong Lei

9:35 AM 2D X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Diffraction mapping of complex dendritic structures found in ancient Chinese glazed ceramics at ESRF - Clément Holé

10:00 AM Element analysis and content visualization of a 12th century enameled reliquary pendant using Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis and Neutron Tomography (PGAI-NT) - Matthias Heinzel (LEIZA Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie)
10:25 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:25 AM - 10:50 AM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 12:05 PM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium
Contributions

10:50 AM New experimental approach for the metallurgical study of medieval ferrous artefact: the case of arms and armour manufacturing - Leila Galai (Laboratoire Archéomatériaux et Prévision de l'Altération : IRAMAT UMR7065 CNRS et NIMBE UMR3685 CEA/CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

11:15 AM Unveiling Brass Workshops in Ancient Roman Mediolanum with Epithermal and Thermal Neutrons - Giulia Marcucci (Dipartimento di Fisica “G. Occhialini”, Università Milano-Bicocca, and INFN, Piazza della Scienza 3, 20126 Milan, Italy)

11:40 AM Texture measurements of archaeological objects using neutron diffraction at FRM II - Michael Hofmann
12:05 PM Round table discussion, closing remarks
Round table discussion, closing remarks
12:05 PM - 1:05 PM
Room: Ernst von Siemens-Auditorium