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Chemistry World
March 29, 2012
Philip Robinson |
X-ray vision uncovers hidden self portrait Scientists and art historians in Australia have uncovered a lost work of art by one of the country's most famous artists. But rather than lying neglected in a dusty attic, this work was hidden under nothing more than a layer of paint.   |
Chemistry World
February 15, 2014
Emma Stoye |
Raman reveals Renoir's true colours Scientists have used Raman spectroscopy to show the original colors of a Renoir painting. By identifying a red dye that had been degraded by light they were able to digitally restore a faded background to its former glory. |
Wired
July 20, 2009
Julian Smith |
Protect and Preserve: Mobile Art-Conservation Van Helps Save Treasures A team of art conservators have packed their arsenal of high tech gear into a van to minimize moving precious works of art for restoration. |
Chemistry World
April 25, 2012
Simon Hadlington |
Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Illuminates Medieval Art Using infrared spectroscopy researchers discovered that the painter of this manuscript had an idiosyncratic style using pigment binders normally associated with frescoes. |
Chemistry World
October 28, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
Van Gogh's Sunflowers may be wilting in the sun His famed series of Sunflowers paintings may themselves be fading as an international group of scientists has found evidence that a yellow pigment Van Gogh used is changing chemically under sunlight. |
D-Lib
June 2002 |
Collaborative Projects Collaboration between researchers and practitioners has been a theme and an issue throughout the brief history of formally funded digital library research. |
Chemistry World
September 4, 2012
Josh Howgego |
Helping hand for Van Gogh conservators Art conservators have received a helping hand from chemists in dealing with a mysterious grey crust appearing on a painting by Vincent Van Gogh. |
Chemistry World
September 7, 2011
Ned Stafford |
Analytical Techniques Employed in Art Forgery Case The trial of four people accused of running one of the biggest art forgery rings in post-war Germany has begun, with prosecutors expected to rely heavily on science-based testimony to make their case. |
Chemistry World
September 12, 2013
Rowan Frame |
Looking behind Dali's paintings A new technique for assessing the condition of work of arts without taking samples from them has emerged from a research collaboration between conservators, curators and scientists. |
Chemistry World
July 1, 2014
Bibiana Campos Seijo |
Chemistry and art We often write about art-related chemistry, so this issue gives us an opportunity to analyze some of these stories in a bit more depth. |
AskMen.com
August 8, 2006
Ryan Weatherill |
Keep Up In A Contemporary Art Conversation Art is one of the more interesting status symbols around. Theoretically, it's made by poor individuals yearning to express themselves, and purchased by wealthy individuals. |
Chemistry World
October 8, 2013
Lorna Anguilano |
Analytical archaeometry This book is a very good compendium of analytical techniques, mainly non-destructive, including highly detailed description of tools and principles, maybe with a slight overemphasis on Raman spectroscopy. |
BusinessWeek
February 14, 2005 |
A More Artful Portolio Investors worldwide are making art a hot market. However, get expert advice before adding a masterpiece to your financial palette |
Chemistry World
September 30, 2015
Wei-lun Toh |
A veneer of Vermeer The woman taken in adultery was thought to have been painted by Johann Vermeer before scientific testing revealed it as a forgery. |
AskMen.com
Michael Estrin |
How To Invest In Art Here are some tips to keep in mind if you're interested in making art part of your portfolio. |
Chemistry World
June 23, 2014 |
Conservative innovations Scientists aiming to restore and preserve precious works of art are turning to new techniques using lasers and microemulsions. |
Chemistry World
April 3, 2007
Richard Van Noorden |
Historic Sunset Regained US chemists are racing against time to recreate sunsets which have disappeared from the watercolors of American painter Winslow Homer. |
Chemistry World
November 12, 2013
Margaret West |
X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and related techniques: an introduction This book by Margui and Van Grieken is a tutorial providing an up to date description of the fundamentals of x-ray fluorescence techniques including an overview of instrumentation, sample preparation procedures and applications. |
Chemistry World
June 22, 2015
Emma Stoye |
Raman identifies South American sculpture pigments Researchers have used Raman spectroscopy to investigate dark pigments in a set of religious wooden sculptures from a 17th century site in Paraguay. |
Chemistry World
October 2, 2015
Paul Brack |
Refreshing Van Gogh's faded flowers Conservators at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands are working with scientists at AkzoNobel to reverse the effects of time, and reveal Van Gogh's paintings as they appeared when he first painted them. |
IDB America
November 2003
Roger Hamilton |
A century of art and nationhood IDB stages a 100-year retrospective of some of Panama's most celebrated artists |
AskMen.com
January 16, 2003
Peter Fueller |
Top 10: Museums Of The World There are thousands of museums around the world, many of which are worth visiting. However, you probably don't want to spend your entire vacation looking through endless collections of paintings and sculptures, created by artists you've never even heard of. You want the famous stuff, right? |
Searcher
September 2004
Dave Mattison |
Looking for Good Art: Web Resources and Image Databases, Part 1 Art images on the Web represent one of the first and last frontiers in terms of pools of knowledge: millions of historic art images served and more to come. Here are links to some of the best Web sites. |
Information Today
May 6, 2014 |
OCLC Adds Art History Resources to WorldCat OCLC introduced the Art Discovery Group Catalogue to bring together information from global art libraries into a single, searchable database in WorldCat. |
AskMen.com
Michael Estrin |
How To Invest In Art - Part II Learn where to track down your masterpieces and the associated costs that come with such works. |
CIO
July 1, 2001
Elizabeth Douglas |
When Marketing Imitates Art Corporate art collections are more about the message than the medium... |
Smithsonian
February 2007
Lawrence M. Small |
Out of Africa This month a special collection -- representing most of Africa's major artistic traditions -- goes spectacularly on view at Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art. |
AskMen.com
Nick Kennedy |
Investing In The Art Exchange "If you can quickly list more titles produced by Van Halen than Van Gogh, then you probably don't have the background to be a successful art collector." |
Reason
May 2004
Charles Paul Freund |
Artifact: Public Offense What kind of art belongs in public? |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2011
Jenny Sherman |
Art is an Asset More boutique firms that provide wealth managers with financially based art market analysis are cropping up, and a clutch of new art-focused investment funds are launching. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2008
David E. Adler |
For Art's Sake The New York City art auctions in May and June put to rest the idea that gloom in financial markets was spreading into the art market -- at least, not at the very upper end |
Salon.com
October 12, 2000
Ray Sawhill |
Art for politics' sake A critic of the NEA and Harvard talks about the narrow-minded, shock-obsessed contemporary art scene... |
Searcher
Nov/Dec 2004
David Mattison |
Looking for Good Art Part 3: Glorious National Collections With an unimaginable wealth of art digitally accessible and preserved for us and future generations by art history institutions outside the U.S., the international Web of the Western art world is truly one of the most remarkable achievements of our digital age. Here links to directories and guides. |
Chemistry World
July 17, 2008
Ruth Tunnell |
Uncovering the Hidden Nanoworld A new type of x-ray microscope allows scientists to peer inside nanodevices without opening them up. |
AskMen.com
July 2, 2003
William Sutton |
How To: Become An Art Connoisseur - Part II Find out who's responsible for defacing the Mona Lisa, who was seeing spots, who liked canned soup a little too much, and more. |
IDB America
March 2002
Roger Hamilton |
Paradox and coexistence Latin American art goes a little crazy in the twilight of the 20th century... |
AskMen.com
December 14, 2000
Ian Lee |
Mastering The Basic Styles Of Martial Arts There are so many styles of martial arts to choose from; people just don't know where to sign up. Hopefully, once you learn the basic terminology of martial arts and differentiate between the main styles, you'll be able to train weekly -- while protecting yourself... |
Chemistry World
July 21, 2006
Karen Harries-Rees |
Australia's First Synchrotron Springs to Life The country's only synchrotron has achieved first light, a key milestone for the facility that is due to open in April next year. |
Salon.com
October 2, 2002
Joshua Fineberg |
Classical music: Why bother? A composer and Harvard professor wonders whether his craft has been left behind by a world with no patience for Great Art. |
