IUCr 2008 - XXI Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography

23-31 August 2008

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Crystallography in art and archaeology

Evening Session Art and Crystallography
Grand Cube Osaka / Osaka International Convention Center, Japan
Massimo Nespolo (Chair)
Kazumasa Ohsumi (Co-chair)

Abstracts (pdf)

The special session is newly scheduled in the evening on August 26, 2008, the 3rd day of the scientific program of the Congress. The intrinsic beauty of the crystal and its symmetry inspires artists, while the crystallographic understanding of the beauty of art has been achieved after great effort. Interesting topics were presented in an enjoyable evening atmosphere.

The members of the CrysAC Commission at the IUCr 2008 Osaka meeting, during the first Open Meeting of the newly formed commission (courtesy of Prof. R. Gould, University of Edinburgh). From left to right: Abdelmalek Thalal, Alicja Rafalska-Lasocha, Simona Quartieri, Eric Dooryhée, Cele Abad-Zapatero, Anke Zürn, E. Makovicky (Gautam Desiraju is absent).

Approved by action of the IUCr Assembly, 28 August 2008:

The Commission on Crystallography in Art and Cultural Heritage was formed at the Osaka Congress in 2008 and is concerned with two main issues:

• Crystallography and symmetry in art;
  
• Crystallographic analysis (e.g. diffraction-based) of artworks and ancient materials.

X-ray techniques in investigation of the objects of cultural heritage

EPDIC-11 Workshop, Krakow, Poland, 18-19 September 2008

The aim of the Workshop is to promote the development and use of X-ray techniques in order to extract information from the objects of cultural heritage and to have scientists and conservators present the advanced methods of investigation in this area.