They will also present new information about Leonardo's working practices and creative process, gathered through technical research using a range of techniques including ultraviolet imaging, infrared
reflectography and X-ray fluorescence.
"The exhibition also presents new information about Leonardo's working practices and creative process, gathered through scientific research using a range of noninvasive techniques, including ultraviolet imaging, infrared
reflectography and X-ray fluorescence."
"The exhibition also presents new information about Leonardo's working practices and creative process, gathered through scientific research using a range of non-invasive techniques, including ultraviolet imaging, infrared
reflectography and X-ray fluorescence."
The technical process of creation and the means of discovery--through X-radiography, infrared
reflectography and instrumental analysis--are far more interesting than 'before' and 'after' demonstrations of the conservator's skill.
"The labs offer an interdisciplinary research pipeline that is based on a broad and multi-scale diagnostics approach, integrating inorganic/organic physico-chemical methods with
reflectography, multi-spectral imaging, and surface 2D imaging/3D geometric characterisation," one of them wrote to me after my tour of the premises.
Conservators at National Museums Liverpool used infrared
reflectography to observe sketches and outlines that were sometimes disregarded as the artist's approach to the composition evolved.
X-rays and infrared
reflectography provide ambiguous evidence about his techniques and alterations, while the latest Layer Amplification Method (LAM), pioneered by Pascal Cotte, has resulted in a digital restoration of the "original" Mona Lisa, a safe alternative to laying hands yet again on the damaged, much-restored painting.
The book features discussion of major works, such as oThe Garden of Earthly Delights,o as well as insight on the reception of Bosch in 16th-century Flanders and Spain, and findings from recent analysis of his paintings with infrared
reflectography and modified X-radiography.
(15.) On October 24, 2011 conservator Brown brought the Portrait of a Youth to the NCMA conservation studio and to allow for a re-examination of the painting with the team with infrared
reflectography. Interestingly, an overlay was made of the painted surfaces of the face of the Portrait of a Youth, with the painted face of the Ginevra de Benci, finding a highly significant number of points of congruence.
The First Brush: Paul Kane and Near Infrared
ReflectographyUK digital imaging solution provider Scientific Digital Imaging Plc (LON:SDI) said that it had taken over domestic infrared
reflectography camera manufacturer Opus Instruments Limited from its founders via a cash-and-stock deal worth up to GBP1.3m (USD2.2m/EUR1.6m).