Instructor: Yoko Arteaga, Centre of Research and Restoration of the Museums of France
Level: Introductory
Duration: 2 hours
Course Date/Time: Monday, June 19 3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Prerequisites: A technical background is not required, but an understanding of basic scientific principles will be very helpful

Benefits:
This course enables the attendee to:

• Enable the attendees to gain basic theoretical knowledge on appearance, as well as the practical implications of appearance measurement.
• Understand the perceptual nature of appearance and its implications.
• Understand the different appearance attributes (color, gloss, translucency, and texture) and how to measure each one.
• Understand differences between data obtained by appearance capture devices (including imaging methods).
• Interpret measurement results and the implications of various appearance attributes.
• At the end of the course, attendees are able to identify, plan, and evaluate different scenarios where appearance measurement and characterisation plays a significant role. Examples from the cultural heritage field are provided.

Course Description:
Cultural heritage objects exist in a wide range of materials with unique appearances. As such, it is vital that their appearance is properly measured and analysed. However, appearance is a complex perceptual property that entails four main attributes: color, gloss, translucency, and texture. Moreover, in collaborative and multidisciplinary fields, consistent terminology is vital. For these reasons this course aims to provide a basic theoretical introduction to appearance concepts such as the perceptual nature of appearance, measurable appearance attributes, the technologies and equipment available to measure appearance, and a basic overview of different evaluation methods. Appearance acquisition devices, including imaging devices, is presented, as is the different information obtained by each of them. Please note, this course does not provide details on the principles behind the acquisition methods.

Intended Audience:
Cultural heritage, digitization professionals from libraries, archives, museums, and services who are responsible for accurate documentation, analysis, and evaluation in the CH sector.  Participants develop an increased understanding of different terminology related to appearance, measurement, visualization, reproduction, etc. A technical background is not required, but an understanding of basic scientific principles is very helpful.

Yoko Arteaga is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie early stage research fellow at the Centre of Research and Restoration of the Museums of France and part of the Colourlab at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. She has a background in physics and color science. For her PhD, she is working in the development of techniques to characterize surface topography and appearance for cultural heritage objects.