The Art of Inpainting: Mathematical Methods for the Virtual Restoration of Illuminated Manuscripts

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Simone Parisotto (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge) Patricia Vitoria (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)

The Art of Inpainting

Mathematical Methods for the Virtual Restoration of Illuminated Manuscripts

Simone Parisotto (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge), Patricia Vitoria (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona), Coloma Ballester (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) , Aurélie Bugeau (Université de Bordeaux)

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Cambridge University Press
22 May 2025

Conservation, restoration & care of artworks; Computing: general; Photo & image editing; Pattern recognition; Image processing

The art of image restoration and completion has entered a new phase thanks to digital technology. Indeed, virtual restoration is sometimes the only feasible option available to us, and it has, under the name 'inpainting', grown, from methods developed in the mathematics and computer vision communities, to the creation of tools used routinely by conservators and historians working in the worlds of fine art and cinema. The aim of this book is to provide, for a broad audience, a thorough description of imaging inpainting techniques. The book has a two-layer structure. In one layer, there is a general and more conceptual description of inpainting; in the other, there are boxed descriptions of the essentials of the mathematical and computational details. The idea is that readers can easily skip those boxes without disrupting the narrative. Examples of how the tools can be used are drawn from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge collections.

By: Simone Parisotto (Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge), Patricia Vitoria (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona), Coloma Ballester (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona), Aurélie Bugeau (Université de Bordeaux), Suzanne Reynolds (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781009585941
ISBN 10: 1009585940
Pages: 218
Publication Date: 22 May 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

1. Introduction; 2. Local inpainting methods; 3. Non-local inpainting methods; 4. Deep learning inpainting methods; 5. Methods inspired from cultural heritage; 6. Conclusions; Appendix. Manuscripts in focus; Bibliography; Index.

Reviews for The Art of Inpainting: Mathematical Methods for the Virtual Restoration of Illuminated Manuscripts

'I've thoroughly enjoyed this outstanding book, which is destined to be the definitive source on inpainting but is also much more than that: it's a celebration of the creativity and beauty that are so often present in applied mathematics, and a reminder of the importance of human thought in art, science and their interplay.' Marcelo Bertalmío, Spanish National Research Council