The art world has recently lost David Hockney, one of the most renowned and beloved contemporary painters, whose works achieved staggering valuations—even while he was still alive. David Hockney, Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two figures), 1972 What many may not...
Not only C14, a new method can help uncovering when and where a painting on canvas was produced Forget about counting threads through a mini magnifying glass or describing canvases using subjective classifications. In the technical laboratories of Museo Nacional del...
Our Study of a Corpus of Forged Drawings at the IG-IIC Conference “Paper, Pen, and Ink: Diagnostics and Restoration of Writing Materials” Writing materials are not among the most studied, yet scientific analysis techniques can naturally be applied to them as well,...
Exactly 70 years ago, the first solo exhibition celebrated Guido di Pietro, better known as Fra Giovanni da Fiesole, on the quincentenary of his death. Divided between Rome and Florence, the show drew admiration even from Pope Pius XII, who praised Angelico for...
The Flora Sculpture at the Bode Museum Underwent a New Dating Method Leonardo da Vinci is today as much a media phenomenon as an artistic one, but public interest and curiosity about his figure have persisted for many decades, if not centuries. Since at least the 19th...
For over 25 years, exhibitions on Impressionists have been increasing in popularity among visitors. However, most of these exhibitions limit themselves to presenting the artworks in a didactic way, without exploring the techniques used to create them....
