A new blend of imaging technologies has helped archaeologists identify the chemical makeup of an excavated painting, revealing elements of everyday life in second century Egypt. Researchers from UCLA ...

Explore the fine details of a painting through a close visual analysis, highlighting brushwork, texture, color use, and artistic technique. This video focuses on understanding the craftsmanship and ...

From studying a newly discovered art piece to preventing mold and fungus in old paintings, chemistry and art history often meet and even inspired a new high school curriculum. A few weeks ago, ...

A mathematical method borrowed from topology can reveal structural properties of visual art that correspond to how people ...

How much top-flight art can the market absorb? That was the question hovering over the auction sector at the beginning of 2022, when Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Phillips were preparing to offer more ...

The human brain is built for art appreciation, suggests a meta-analysis that looked at studies mapping brain processes linked to the arts. Viewing paintings engages a number of different regions of ...

30 June 2022, Lower Saxony, Brunswick: Painting conservator Hildegard Kaul looks at the X-ray image of a painting in the Herzog-Anton-Ulrich-Museum. The museum plans to use a new X-ray system to ...