The course will be articulated by alternating theoretical and practical activities with field applications and the presentation of case studies, in order to provide the widest panorama on the most up-to-date information technologies that contribute to the documentation, enhancement and dissemination of cultural heritage.
The effort made in recent years to improve the photorealism that computer graphics are able to transmit thanks its sophisticated hyper-realistic effects has now also infected scientific environments in which communication and dissemination through the image is fundamental.
The study of a Cultural Property for reconstructive purposes certainly cannot ignore a strictly scientific approach that takes into account historical knowledge, scientific, bibliographic data, etc., otherwise the entire operation would be reduced to a mere exercise of the potential of computer graphics. .
Given these assumptions, the reconstructive study must be combined with the use of modern information technologies, not only to meet the needs related to the interpretation of the data itself, but also and above all to transmit the scientific data to an increasingly vast and heterogeneous public, with an innovative approach capable of satisfying different levels of interest and understanding.
The course therefore includes an introductory theoretical part of basic computer science relating to hardware and software components, and to the nature and processing of digital images. Ample space will then be reserved for the study of the most modern instrumental expeditious systems for the relief and documentation (in 2D and 3D) of archaeological and historical-artistic assets, in order to be able to evaluate their different effectiveness and metrological precision and the possible fields of application. This awareness will lead from time to time to the most appropriate choice in relation to the resources available, the time and the nature of the Property being studied.
Ample space will also be given to the use of AutoCAD software, and the techniques for the acquisition and processing of digital images, aimed at photogrammetric use (monoscopic photogrammetry, digital photogrammetry, close range multi images survey systems, creation digital terrain models, DEM, TIN, photo-straightening, photoplanes and photomosaics). The course will include the practical use of techniques for topographic survey, (total station, metric and operational characteristics of 3D scanning systems), systems and software for three-dimensional modeling.

1- U. Marrone: Elementi di Informatica per esami e concorsi, Edizioni Simone 2015
2- M. Lo Prejato (A cura di): Manuale di informatica avanzato per la certificazione Microsoft Digital Literacy, Fondazione Mondo Digitale 2010.
3- Cannarozzo et Alii : Fotogrammetria Moduli 1-3 Zanichelli Editore 2012, (Scaricabile a questo indirizzo : https://online.scuola.zanichelli.it/cannarozzomisure-5ed/fotogrammetria/)
4- A. Pizzirani: Teoria e Tecnica del Trattamento delle Immagini, Ferrara, 2014.
5- D. Vasta: Video con la Reflex, Apogeo 2015.
(I manuali saranno resi disponibili in formato pdf durante il corso).