The IKiFP PAN (http://www.ik-pan.krakow.pl) is dedicated to advancing the field
of heritage science, in which science and the humanities overlap. The Institute
is home to Cultural Heritage Research Group (CHR), advancing understanding of
the structure and properties of historic materials, mechanisms of their
deterioration, and measures to conserve and protect them. Special emphasis is
laid on phenomena occurring at the surfaces, such as interaction with moisture
contained in the air and the resulting mechanical and structural response of
works of art. The CHR is developing comprehensive physical model of pictorial
layers of paintings, to elucidate mechanism of crack formation in the layers,
and thus enhance preventive conservation practice in museums.
A full‐time, 42-months two positions of a Research Assistant are open in the
Cultural Heritage Research Group of the Institute.
The Research Assistant reporting to the head of the CHR group - professor
Lukasz Bratasz - will work on development of a comprehensive mechanical model
of historical, aged paint layers. The paint layer is a complex assembly of
strata of humidity-sensitive materials which have - over centuries - aged,
cracked and delaminated. Cracks join up into the network – the craquelure
pattern (CP) - which is a distinctive characteristic of materials and physical
structure of the artwork, an outcome of the construction and painting
techniques employed by the workshop and the artist.
The Research Assistant 1 will be responsible for:
• building a database of material properties, including fracture
toughness, for historical materials used in paint layers;
• developing a comprehensive 3D mechanical model of historical paint
layers, especially understanding mechanisms and processes involved in CP
formation based on finite element modelling using COMSOL Multiphysics software
for analysis of strain/stress fields;
• determining vulnerability of historical paint layers with developed
CPs to relative humidity variations, also after conservation treatments;
• application for new projects.
The Research Assistant 2 will be responsible for:
• developing tools for CP analysis in paintings;
• building a database of CPs for various classes of paintings;
• development of a generic topological models of cracked paint layers
for various classes of paintings;
• application for new projects.
Detail information about positions can be found at:
http://www.ik-pan.krakow.pl/Artykul.27+M551ee0dfb79.0.html
http://www.ik-pan.krakow.pl/Artykul.27+M541d99df403.0.html
Best regards
Lukasz Bratasz
Head of the Cultural Heritage Research Group
Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of
Sciences
ul. Niezapominajek 8, 30-239 Krakow, POLAND
Desk: +48 12 639 5119
Mobile: +48 572 297 747
Website: https://pan-pl.academia.edu/LukaszBratasz
Email: [email protected]
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