MAURIZIO SERACINI
BIOSince mid ’70, Maurizio Seracini, with his
background in biomedical engineer and art history, pioneered the use of multi-spectral diagnostic imaging, analytical diagnostics
and other advanced technologies to study art.
In 1977, Seracini established Editech (Electronics, Diagnostics
and Technology), a Florence-based company that was the first private center in Europe to apply engineering sciences to the
study of cultural heritage. His scientific methodology has become a standard for scientific authentication and state of conservation
of works of art. He has studied more than 3500 works of art, including Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper, Adoration of
the Magi, Botticelli's Allegory of Spring, Raphael’s Madonna of the Goldfinch and Caravaggio’s Medusa.
From 1975
to 2013, he was the scientific director of the Leonardo Project in search of the long-lost Leonardo’s mural The Battle of
Anghiari in the Hall of the 500 in Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, a project sponsored by the Armand Hammer Foundation, the Kress
Foundation, the Smithsonian Institution and the Kalpa Group of Loel Guinness.
In 2007, he founded the Center for
Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archaeology (CISA3) at the University of California San Diego's California
Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2). He was the director of CISA3 until 2013.
A
former National Geographic Fellow, in 2017 the Royal Photographic Society awarded him for his advances and breakthroughs in
the application of Scientific Imaging to the world of Art and Cultural Heritage.
Since 2017, Seracini has joined
SDSU to teach how to use applied sciences to fight art crimes.
In 2018 he was the key note speaker at the AIA (Authentication
in Art) congress in Amsterdam.
Seracini’ s work has been highlighted in TED talks, and documentaries featuring
his work can be seen on the National Geographic, Smithsonian, and BBC channels. Also, his work was an inspiration for
author Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code.
EDITECH Art & Science Srl
Piazza Santa Maria
Soprarno, 1
50125 Florence, Italy
Office: +39-055.234.3998
Cell: +1-39-339-614-4688
E-mail:
seracini@editech.com
mseracini@mail.sdsu.eduSkype: seracinimaurizio
