International Union of Crystallography
Commission on Crystallography in Art and Cultural Heritage
CrysAC News and Upcoming Events in 2014
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5th Meeting X-ray and other techniques in investigations of the objects of cultural heritage
Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
May 14-17 014
Deadline for submitting abstracts:
1 March 2014
more information below |
23rd IUCr Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography
Monréal, Québec, Canada
August 5-12, 2014
Deadline for submitting abstracts extended:
18. February 2014
more information below
MS-95 Symmetry and its Generalisations in Science and Art
Monay August 11, 2014
other Microsymposia possibly interesting for members of the Commission:
MS-76
Two Dimensional X-ray Diffraction
Sonday August 10, 2014
MS-68
Spreading the Word. Introducing Crystallography to the Public
Sonday August 10, 2014 |
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IYCr2014 Calendar
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Calendars with Photographs by Bernardo Cesare (University of Padova, Italy, microckscopica.org and Marceli Lasocha, Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cracow University of Technology.
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5th Meeting X-ray and other techniques in investigations of the objects of cultural heritage
14-17 May 2014. Krakow, Poland
Celebrating the International Year of Crystallography and the 650th Anniversary of Jagiellonian University
> Conference Website
The preservation and conservation of our cultural heritage is a significant contemporary worldwide concern. Advanced scientific methods and techniques are essential for the identification of materials present in historic objects of cultural heritage and proscesses occurring therein. These methods can also help to give a deeper understanding of the technology and craftsmanship of old masters. Modern analytical methods are important in studies of authenticity and can be applied as diagnostic techniques in practical conservation.
The aim of the conference is to promote the development and use of X-ray and other modern techniques in order to extract information from objects of cultural heritage. The conference is also a forum to bring together scientists whose major expertise is in a high-tech field and museum professionals (art historians, conservators and curators) whose particular responsibility is the organization and preservation of collections, and to disseminate the newest results in the area of scientific investigation of art objects.
The conference will focus on investigations of historic materials such as pigments, stone, mortar, glass, ceramics, and metal alloys, as well as on corrosion and deterioration processes in historic objects, using X-ray and other techniques applied in the field.
As Krakow is one of the most important heritage complexes in Poland, the conference will also afford an occasion to visit museums, galleries and the famous Salt Mine in Wieliczka.
Organizers
Faculty of Chemistry Jagiellonian University
Jagiellonian University Museum
Conservation & Restoration Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry
in co-operation with:
International Union of Crystallography, Commissuin on Crystallography in Art and Cultural Heritage. |
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23rd IUCr Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallograph
23rd IUCr
Monréal, Québec, Canada
August 5-12, 2014
Deadline for submitting abstracts extended:
18. February 2014
MS-95
Symmetry and its Generalisations in Science and Art
Monday August 11, 2014
Co-Chairs:
M.A. Louise de la Penas, Emil Makovicky
Invited Speakers:
Boris Zhilinskii, Christophe Golé, Celerino Abad-Zapatero
Symmetry underpins Nature in all its expressions, from the structure of minerals building a rock to the complex assembly of biological macromolecules, from the morphology of crystals and living beings to the fundamental properties of elementary particles. Crystal engineering and drug-design rely on symmetry to develop new devices and compounds with target properties. Works of art and architectural realisations mimic Nature or takes inspiration from its symmetry patterns, which however often go beyond classical space-group symmetry to include colour symmetry, local and partial operations (groupoid symmetry), subperiodic and sectional groups as well as symmetry in non Euclidean geometry. The purpose of this microsymposium is to draw attention on some of these generalised symmetries, especially those less commonly approached by crystallographers in their daily work, and to present examples taken from Nature, man-made works, art and architecture where these symmetries play an important role. |
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