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    "title": "VUB spin-off instrumental in digitalisation of Flemish primitive artist Hans Memling",
    "modified_at": "2023-12-13 14:08:51",
    "published_at": "2023-12-15 10:23:00",
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    "body": "<p>To mark the reopening of the Museum St John&rsquo;s Hospital in Bruges on 16 December, the paintings of Hans Memling have been digitalised. Universum Digitalis, a spin-off of VUB&rsquo;s Department of Electronics and Informatics (ETRO) played a crucial role in the process. The spin-off, under the leadership of Professor Frederik Temmermans, processed hundreds of high-resolution detail shots captured by the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage using meticulous methodology, at the request of museum association Musea Brugge. Universum Digitalis created gigapixel images for use online, as well as for further research in a range of applications.</p>\n    <figure\n        class=\"release-content-image release-content-image--contained release-content-image--align-center\"\n        data-component=\"image-zoom-popup\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-selector=\".release-content-image__image\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-i18n=\"data:application/json;base64,eyJEb3dubG9hZCI6IkRvd25sb2FkIn0=\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-views-event=\"Story Image View\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-tracking-download-event=\"Story Image Download\"\n        data-image-zoom-popup-placement=\"content\"\n    >\n        <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n            <img\n                src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/c4e514b5-b88f-4509-835e-c52d8175ee88/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                                class=\"release-content-image__image image-thumbnail-rollover__image\"\n                data-description=\"Detail from Memling&amp;#039;s St. John \u200b Altarpiece &amp;copy; Universum Digitalis\"\n                id=\"image-c4e514b5-b88f-4509-835e-c52d8175ee88\"\n                data-id=\"c4e514b5-b88f-4509-835e-c52d8175ee88\"\n                data-original=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/c4e514b5-b88f-4509-835e-c52d8175ee88/-/inline/no/thumbnail_memling.jpg\"\n                data-mfp-src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/c4e514b5-b88f-4509-835e-c52d8175ee88/-/resize/1200x/-/format/auto/\"\n                alt=\"Detail from Memling's St. John  Altarpiece \u00a9 Universum Digitalis\"\n            />\n            <div class=\"image-thumbnail-rollover__caption\">\n                <svg class=\"icon icon-expand image-thumbnail-rollover__caption-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-expand\"></use>\n            </svg>            </div>\n        </div>\n\n        <figcaption class=\"release-content-image__caption\">Detail from Memling&#039;s St. John \u200b Altarpiece &copy; Universum Digitalis</figcaption>\n    </figure>\n<p>The works are available online in high resolution, allowing visitors to admire the master&rsquo;s tiniest details. Other exposure techniques such as infrared, target light and X-rays will follow early next year.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is not Universum Digitalis&rsquo;s first achievement. The spin-off focuses on ultra-high resolution image processing when digitising the invaluable art heritage, as well as the realisation of interfaces that make images accessible to both art scholars and museum visitors. It has built applications for museums, cultural institutions and other organisations to digitally reproduce artworks in extremely high resolution, for use on websites and exhibitions. Its work includes the art of Bruegel and Van Eyck, a project that won a Belgian E-Gov Award and a European Heritage/Europa Nostra Award.</p><hr /><p><strong>Contact</strong></p><p>Frederik Temmermans: frederik.temmermans@vub.be 0479 49 94 26</p><div class=\"release-content-contact\" id=\"contact-3ad75f83-065a-4f67-9b89-4f9de3ab200b\">\n    <div class=\"release-content-contact__avatar\"><img src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/96e3692f-39a4-433b-b0ee-9008befa578f/-/crop/1117x1118/419,0/-/preview/-/scale_crop/128x128/center/-/format/auto/\" alt=\"Koen Stein\" class=\"release-content-contact__avatar-image\" /></div>\n    <div class=\"release-content-contact__details\">\n        <strong class=\"release-content-contact__name\">Koen Stein</strong>\n        <em class=\"release-content-contact__description\">Perscontact wetenschap &amp; onderzoek</em>\n        <ul class=\"release-content-contact__details-list\"><li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"mailto:koen.stein@vub.be\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"koen.stein@vub.be\"><svg class=\"icon icon-paper-plane release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-paper-plane\"></use>\n            </svg>koen.stein@vub.be</a></li>\n<li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"tel:+32 (0)471517909\"  class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"+32 (0)471517909\"><svg class=\"icon icon-mobile release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-mobile\"></use>\n            </svg>+32 (0)471517909</a></li>\n<li class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item\"><a href=\"https://vub.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"release-content-contact__details-list-item-link\" title=\"vub.be\"><svg class=\"icon icon-browser release-content-contact__details-list-item-icon\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-browser\"></use>\n            </svg>vub.be</a></li></ul>\n    </div>\n</div><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>",
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