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(M)other tongue: the optic and haptic scale for restAURAtion works made of silica aerogel

Michaloudis, Ioannis, 19..-, Papachristopoulou Konstantina, El-Zein Farah, Pruciak Szymon, Maravelaki Pagona, Kanamori Kazuyoshi

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URI: http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/5A072564-B95E-4CA2-B8D6-F997656F82E9
Year 2023
Type of Item Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication
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Bibliographic Citation I. Michaloudis, K. Papachristopoulou, F. El-Zein, S. Pruciak, P.-N. Maravelaki and K. Kanamori, “(M)other tongue: the optic and haptic scale for restAURAtion works made of silica aerogel,” J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol., vol. 106, no. 2, pp. 480–494, May 2023, doi: 10.1007/s10971-022-05987-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-022-05987-7
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Silica aerogel is an attractive material for art as well as science and engineering. The characteristic transparency and low refractive index have made silica aerogel a novel material for visual arts under the name of aer()sculptures. Starting from one sculptural work by the first author, the artwork (M)other, is a novel concept proposing the use of silica aerogel in the “restAURAtion” of cultural heritage to replace classical plaster of Paris techniques. Restoring missing parts of a monument with a translucent material renders a new aesthetic quality. Light scattering disambiguates the missing arms of a Parthenon Caryatid, for example, an ethereal image adding to its historic value, which cannot be achieved by the plaster of Paris restoration technique.

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