Tactile images

Tactile image of the canvas "Lucania ’61" by Carlo Levi: made in 2019, is a haptic scaled version of the large canvas (18.50 meters x 3.20 meters) that Carlo Levi painted to describe the Basilicata region and to honor his Lucan friend Rocco Scotellaro. The original canvas is kept in the Levi Room of the National Museum of Medieval and Modern Art in Matera. Aim of the project has been the realization of a tactile version that makes this artwork accessibile to visually impaired people. The 3D printed model has been presented to the public on the 19^th of September 2024, in Turin, by the Fondazione Giorgio Amendola - Associazione Lucana in Piemonte Carlo Levi.
Tactile image of the painting "Christ and the Samaritan woman" by Annibale Carracci: made in 2016, it is located, beside the original artwork, at the Pinacoteca of Brera in Milan (Italy), in Room XXVIII. It was made in collaboration with the Institut of Information and Communication Technologies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the staff of the Educational Services of the Pinacoteca of Brera, and it was shown the first time on the 9^th of November 2016 to associations and organizations of blind and low vision people.