Meet the editors

Prof. Daniela Turcanu-Carutiu, PhD, is the director of the Center of Expertise Art Works by Advanced Instrumental Methods, Institute of Science, Culture and Spirituality, Ovidius University of Constanta, Romania. Her research interests are in the field of physico - chemical investigation by advanced instrumental methods for authentication, conservation, and restoration of art works, archaeology components of cultural heritage, materials:

pigments-colors and chromatology. She is the author of a reference book in the field of cultural heritage, co-author of numerous chapters, articles and has published in internationally prestigious journals with a citation in the ISI Thomson Web of Science. Her research projects include: An integrated approach for reinforcement of historical chalk monuments by means of nanomaterial-based treatments, New diagnosis and treatment technologies for the preservation and revitalization of archaeological components of the national cultural heritage.

Prof. Rodica-Mariana Ion, Ph.D., is Full Professor of Nanomaterials at Valahia University, Targoviste and Head of Cultural Heritage Research Group ICECHIM - Bucharest, Romania. She is the author of 275 publications (Hirsch index=24 (Google Scholar), 19 (Scopus); 20 books/chapters; 23 patents (national and European). She has expertise in advanced methods for monitoring - investigation - diagnosis - intervention of different cultural heritage artifacts,

characterization of artefacts deterioration / degradation processes, analytical spectral, chromatographic and microscopic techniques, development of nanomaterials for conservation and restoration of different art objects: metals, ceramics, glass, stone and painted objects, works of plastics, prints, photographs, canvas paintings, modern paints, solid soaps and assembly parts, including treatments, scraping, structural repairs and reintegration, consolidation, wet and dry cleaning.

**Preface III**

**Section 2 11**

Methodology of Art Criticism Analysis) **13**

**Section 3 27**

Examination **29**

Cultural Heritage in Marker-Less Augmented Reality: A Survey **57** *by Hoshang Kolivand, Abdennour El Rhalibi, Mostafa Tajdini, Sarmad Abdulazeez* 

**Section 4 77**

Cultural Heritage **79**

Microscopical Methods for the In Situ Investigation of Biodegradation on

*by Verginica Schröder, Daniela Turcanu Carutiu, Adina Honcea* 

Introductory Chapter: Environmental Characteristics of a Dobrudja Famous Archeological Monument **3**

Excursions and Cultural Heritage in the Contemporary World (Practice and

Intelligent Image Processing and Optical Means for Archeological Artifacts

*by Daniela Turcanu-Carutiu and Rodica-Mariana Ion*

**1**

**Section 1** Introduction

Contents

**Chapter 1**

Art Criticism

Intelligent Image

**Chapter 3**

**Chapter 4**

**Chapter 5**

*and Pisit Praiwattana*

*and Rodica-Mariana Ion*

*by Tatiana Vasil'evna Portnova*

*by Silviu Ioniță and Daniela Ţurcanu-Caruțiu*

Advanced Methods for Investigation

**Chapter 2**
