Structure

Task 1. Development of a comprehensive database of material properties and structural features of the pictorial layers

Subtask 1.1. Database for historic materials found in paintings

Subtask 1.2. Modelling of paint layer ageing

Subtask 1.3. Database for materials used in conservation treatments

Task 2. Development of a 3D model of paintings

Subtask 2.1. Development of a global topological model of cracked paint layers for panel paintings (GTM-panel)

Subtask 2.2. Integration of the GTM-panel with a hygrothermal-mechanical-coupled model of wooden substrate to develop a model of Representative Virtual Objects for panel paintings (RVO-panel)

Subtask 2.3. Development of a global topological model of cracked pictorial layers for canvas paintings (GTM-canvas). It will be combined with a hygrothermal-mechanical-coupled model of a glue-sized canvas and a stretcher to develop a model of Representative Virtual Objects for canvas paintings (RVO-canvas)

Subtask 2.4. Development of 3D models of selected Representative Real Objects (RROs)

Task 3. Validation and optimization of the model

Subtask 3.1. Validation and optimization of the model

Subtask 3.2. Laboratory validation and optimization of the model predictions

Task 4. Determination of a safe range of relative humidity variations for paintings with craquelures

Subtask 4.1. Analysis of Representative Virtual Objects

Subtask 4.2. Analysis of Real Representative Objects

Subtask 4.3. Experimental verification

Task 5. Evaluation of the impact of various conservation treatments on painting vulnerability to environmental variations

Task 6. Management, Mentoring and Dissemination