Paintings deteriorate over time due to aging and storage conditions, with cracks being a common form of degradation. Detecting and mapping these cracks is crucial for art analysis and restoration but it presents challenges. Traditional methods often …
Over time, crack pattern (craquelure) inevitably develops in paintings as a sign of their ageing, sometimes accompanied by larger losses of paint (lacunas). In restoration treatments, cracks are typically not filled in, and virtual restoration is …
In this article, we show progress in certain image processing techniques that can support the physical restoration of the painting, its art-historical analysis, or both. We show how analysis of the crack patterns could indicate possible areas of …
In this paper, we present a new method for virtual restoration of digitized paintings, with the special focus on the Ghent Altarpiece (1432), one of Belgium's greatest masterpieces. The goal of the work is to remove cracks from the digitized painting …