Materials identification in works of art is a fundamental step for understanding an objectโs history or an artistโs technique. Comprehensive characterization and diagnosis of the various constituent materials in artworks can provide valuable information on the artist’s working methods, as well as significant evidence for dating, provenance attribution, or forgery detection. The development of ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ฌ with high-quality data on the pure substances used as artistsโ materials is of utmost importance for the identification and characterization of unknown samples. However, there are relatively few open-access spectra libraries dedicated exclusively to the cultural heritage field.
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๐๐-๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ฒ is an open access integrated spectral library, of art-related materials, that was designed by CERTO – INOE 2000 as a digital support tool for research specialists and other heritage-related professionals that work with non- or minimally invasive spectroscopic techniques. 
https://infraart.inoe.ro
The INFRA-ART database contains at this moment over 680 ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฌ specifically used by artists – from natural mineral pigments used since prehistoric times, to modern synthetic organic pigments and dyes introduced starting with the 20th century.
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spectra, and a preliminary dataset of ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง spectra. The implementation of a bottom-up architecture allows further extensions of the database with other types of analysis, ๐๐๐
(Laser Induced Fluorescence) and ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฅ data, registered on well know historical pigments as well as on paint mockups, being among the new uploads planned to be carried out by the end of this year.
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– ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐
– ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ญ๐
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– ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐
– ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ
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To support universal access and the reuse of scientific data, the database follows the European Commissionโs recommendation on access to scientific information as well as the ๐
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๐๐-๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ฒ in our recently published paper within ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ https://doi.org/10.1145/3593427
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