Scientists identify rare lead compounds in Rembrandt’s The Night Watch
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Enlarge / Scientists and conservators are working together to preserve The Night Watch, by Rembrandt van Rijn (1642), for…
Enlarge / Scientists and conservators are working together to preserve The Night Watch, by Rembrandt van Rijn (1642), for…
Enlarge / A new restoration of Johannes Vermeer's Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window has revealed a Cupid in the background.
Infrared scans have revealed that Norwegian artist Edvard Munch was the author of hidden graffiti in his 1893 painting The…
Analysis of 12 papyrus fragments from the Tebtunis Temple suggests that certain paint techniques were developed and used well…
Enlarge / Detail of a medical treatise from the Tebtunis Temple Library with headings marked in red ink. (credit: The Papyrus…
The Scream is one of the most famous paintings in the world, but it's bright colours are fading! The worlds of art and science…
Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream (ca. 1910) is often described as the ultimate expression of the anxiety-ridden existence of…
Humidity from the breath of museum goers have gradually degraded the colors of the famous painting.
Enlarge / Edvard Munch's 1910 version of The Scream shows signs of degradation. New synchrotron radiation analysis provides a…
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Moisture in the air—not light—has made the yellow pigments in Edvard Munch's masterpiece degrade
Le Cri d'Edvard Munch a rarement été exposé et il a plutôt été stocké pour préserver la célèbre peinture. Au fil des années…
Moisture in the air taints Norwegian artist Edvard Munch’s 20th-century masterpiece The Scream, scientists say. An…