Seismic analysis of artistic assets: The Piero della Francesca’s fresco called “Resurrection”

The assessment of the vulnerability of historical monuments should regard not only the safety of their architectural and structural components, but also of their movable and unmovable artistic assets. To analyze the structural behavior of the building and of its greatest artistic asset, the Piero Della Francesca's fresco, a performance based multi-scale approach is followed. Finite element analyses were carried out on a refined three-dimensional detailed model of the wall containing the fresco in order to have, at meso-scale level, a precise evaluation of the seismic vulnerability of this important artistic asset. After completing the knowledge phase at macro-scale level, it was considered crucial to have, a precise evaluation of the seismic vulnerability of the wall containing the most important artistic asset of the Museum: the Piero Della Francesca's fresco called "Resurrection". The Piero Della Francesca's fresco known as "Resurrezione" is located in the Civic Museum of Sansepolcro, one of the most interesting architectural complex in the historic centre.