{"id":3829,"date":"2025-05-15T12:06:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T12:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citislab.it\/past-accomplishments\/brescia-diocesan-museum\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T14:12:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:12:54","slug":"brescia-diocesan-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/citislab.it\/en\/past-accomplishments\/brescia-diocesan-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Brescia Diocesan Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width\"  id=\"row-975282020\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1295484240\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\" style=\"background-color:rgb(38, 33, 79);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row align-equal align-center mx-auto\"  id=\"row-1553074940\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1572236676\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n<nav class=\"breadcrumb w-full\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ul class=\"flex flex-wrap items-center text-sm text-gray-600 gap-2\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/citislab.it\/en\/\" class=\"hover:text-blue-500\" aria-label=\"Vai alla Home\">Home<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1011033742\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h1>Communicating the museum building and its artistic heritage<\/h1>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1011033742 {\n  font-size: 1.6rem;\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n#text-1011033742 > * {\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2471706521\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2>University of Brescia research for the Brescia Diocesan Museum.<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2471706521 {\n  font-size: 0.8rem;\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n#text-2471706521 > * {\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<style>\n#row-1553074940 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 60px 0px 30px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<style>\n#row-975282020 > .col > .col-inner {\n  background-color: rgb(38, 33, 79);\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1469423955\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n<div aria-label=\"CITISLAB: modelli tattili di skyline e architetture per l\u2019accessibilit\u00e0 dei non vedenti\">\n\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle border-img\"  id=\"row-1159154147\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1463292941\" class=\"col invert-mobile small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-453746404\" class=\"text dim-testo\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The research contract &#8220;Everything Makes Sense. Representation methodologies for museum and artwork accessibility&#8221; between the <\/span><b>Diocesan Museum Foundation of Brescia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and the Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture, Land, Environment and Mathematics (DICATAM) of the<\/span><b>University of Brescia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was initiated in 2024 under the scientific responsibility of Ivana Passamani. <br><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Initially, a study was carried out on the monumental complex that houses the Diocesan Museum: this made it possible to elaborate a documentation of the site from an architectural point of view and mainly from a formal and distributive point of view, translated into two <\/span><b>tactile panels <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">showing the floor plans of the two levels (+1 and -1), while for the ground floor plan a <\/span><b>tactile table<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with the <\/span><b>3D model<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, much appreciated by visitors. Due to its location embedded in the dense urban fabric, a tactile visual panel of   <\/span><b>skyline<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <br><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As for the <\/span><b>artistic contents<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, we proceeded with the visual-tactile narration of thirteen works housed in the museum, translated into a coordinated system of tactile panels declined according to the criteria of the <\/span><b>Design for All<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The intent was to create panels that manage to communicate, as much as possible, the narrative, emotion, specifics and values of the paintings.<br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Preliminary critical readings of each canvas have made it possible to identify elements or figures that convey the deeper meaning of the work.<br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The analysis of the paintings led to the identification of two types of tactile representation: the first applies the <\/span><b>photographic decomposition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of the scene elements, the second uses the <\/span><b>formal decomposition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In both, the method identifies in the image of the painting the  <\/span><b>levels of spatial depth<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (foreground, background and background) and associates a different <\/span><b>thickness in relief<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to each level: even in a two-dimensional representation, the idea of depth and position of figures and elements in pictorial space is thus restored. <\/span> <\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-453746404 {\n  color: rgb(38, 33, 79);\n}\n#text-453746404 > * {\n  color: rgb(38, 33, 79);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1463292941 > .col-inner {\n  border-radius: 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<style>\n#row-1159154147 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1727006042\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1301135666\" class=\"col border-img medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1511376710\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/citislab.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dioces-1.jpg\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1381\" src=\"https:\/\/citislab.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dioces-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"Brescia, Diocesan Museum. At the main entrance is the tactile table containing the 3D model and general floor plan of the ground floor. Embossed and textured drawings can be explored, and the inscriptions in Italian, English, and in their respective Braille transpositions, which are in relief, white, on a blue background, can be read.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citislab.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dioces-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/citislab.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dioces-1-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citislab.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dioces-1-1024x737.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/citislab.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dioces-1-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citislab.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dioces-1-1536x1105.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/citislab.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dioces-1-600x432.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">Brescia, Diocesan Museum. The tactile table welcomes visitors at the entrance. \n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1511376710 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-165008205\" class=\"col border-img medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_435046318\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/citislab.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dioces-2.jpg\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1326\" src=\"https:\/\/citislab.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dioces-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"Brescia, Diocesan Museum. Examples of tactile panels made with the method of photographic and formal decomposition.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citislab.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dioces-2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/citislab.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dioces-2-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citislab.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dioces-2-1024x707.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/citislab.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dioces-2-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citislab.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dioces-2-1536x1061.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/citislab.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dioces-2-600x414.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">Brescia, Diocesan Museum. Examples of tactile panels made using the method of photographic decomposition (left) and formal decomposition (right). <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_435046318 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_2146689489\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_2146689489 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1469423955 {\n  padding-top: 60px;\n  padding-bottom: 60px;\n  margin-bottom: -30px;\n  background-color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2554,"parent":3821,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-blank.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3829","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citislab.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citislab.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citislab.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citislab.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citislab.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3829"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/citislab.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4085,"href":"https:\/\/citislab.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3829\/revisions\/4085"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citislab.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citislab.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citislab.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}