Science Reveals Long-Lost Secrets of a Mummy’s Portrait
Scientific analysis of an ancient portrait pigment reveals long-lost artistic details. How much information can you get from a speck of purple pigment, no bigger…
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Artistic Enigma Decoded by Robotic X-ray Scanner
A Madonna and Child painting with a history almost as enigmatic as the Mona Lisa’s smile has been identified as an authentic Raphael canvas by…
CERN Timepix Technology Helps Rediscover Lost Painting by the Great Renaissance Master, Raphael
CERN’s Timepix particle detectors, developed by the Medipix2 Collaboration, help unravel the secret of a long-lost painting by the great Renaissance master, Raphael. 500 years…
Queen Elizabeth I Identified As Author of 16th Century Tacitus’ Annals Translation
A new article in the Review of English Studies argues that a manuscript translation of Tacitus’s Annales, completed in the late sixteenth century and preserved…
AI Uncovers New Details About Old Master Paintings
Artificial intelligence has been used to analyze high-resolution digital x-ray images of the world-famous Ghent Altarpiece, as part of an investigative project led by UCL….
Celebrating 60 Years of NASA, Where Art and Science Meet
To celebrate NASA’s 60th anniversary this year, the agency partnered with the National Symphony Orchestra to present a concert in Washington entitled “NSO Pops: Space,…
Scientists Discover Hidden Details in Picasso Blue Period Painting
An international partnership of the Northwestern University/Art Institute of Chicago Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts (NU-ACCESS), the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) and…
Human Obsession with Orchids Goes as Far Back as Roman Times
A careful study of ancient artifacts in Italy has pushed back the earliest documented appearance of orchids from the Renaissance to Roman times. The orchid’s…
Da Vinci’s Last Supper Threatened By Air Pollution
Da Vinci’s famous painting “The Last Supper” has managed to survive to this day, though it has faced its share of threats for centuries. (Surviving…