from The Art Newspaper
Cimabue'’s Assisi fresco reconstructed
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Almost 9 years of work will near its completion in the pain-staking restoration of a fresco destroyed by an earlier earthquake. If not for the help of digital technology, the reconstruction of the original from the thousands of plaster fragments would have been impossible (see older articles here and here). In this instance, the role of digital technology in the preservation of cultural heritage interestingly resulted in a tangible end, instead of a virtual one.