Inpainting of Ancient Austrian Frescoes

Year: 2008 Authors: Wolfgang Baatz; Massimo Fornasier; Peter A. Markowich; Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb

Core claim

Higher-order variational and PDE inpainting can reconstruct missing structures in damaged frescoes, with the Neidhart frescoes as a motivating case.

Topics

digital inpainting, fresco restoration, higher-order PDEs, variational methods

Domains

partial differential equations, calculus of variations, image interpolation, total variation, conservation and restoration, mural painting, cultural heritage imaging, visual arts

Methods

Cahn-Hilliard equation, higher order total variation, variational minimization, numerical reconstruction

Media

ancient frescoes, digital images, grayvalue images, wall paintings

Source status

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