Advanced Imaging for Examining, Monitoring and Analysing Cultural Heritage Artefacts: Cultural Heritage Analysis for New Generations

Cultural Heritage Analysis for New Generations is the result of the EU-funded ITN CHANGE project. It presents a multidisciplinary overview of how some of the most innovative imaging techniques contribute to understanding and monitoring the evolution of certain heritage materials over time.

Comprehensive overview of a selection of innovative imaging techniques used for documentation and assess ageing, degradations, and conservation treatment on certain cultural heritage materials.

- Real-world case studies illustrating practical applications across diverse heritage materials and contexts.

- Understand how imaging reveals and support tracking of material changes over time.

- Identify the most suitable techniques for documentation, conservation and long-term monitoring.

- Gain access to best practices in integrating imaging data into heritage documentation workflows.

- Stay updated on emerging research and technologies shaping the future of cultural heritage documentation and analysis.

- Benefit from coordinated, multidisciplinary research produced through a major European collaborative network.

Cultural Heritage Analysis for New Generations is intended for conservation professionals, heritage scientists, imaging specialists, museum practitioners, and students seeking to understand how imaging and analytical techniques that can both contribute to better document certain cultural heritage artefacts, among which stone, ceramics, glass, painted metals, paintings, gilded surfaces and parchments. It also serves researchers and institutions interested in change monitoring, material change, offering a clear entry point into the multidisciplinary outcomes of the ITN CHANGE project.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 103257349X
• ISBN13: 9781032573496
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 316 Pages