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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. |
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 September 15, 2009 Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay |
Renaissance artworks analysed Researchers have combined two ion-beam analysis techniques to obtain more detailed information about the composition of paints used in Renaissance works of art. |
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 December 2005 Bijal P. Trivedi |
The Rembrandt Code Identifying true old masters - and spotting the fake paintings - is a rarefied art. Dan Rockmore wants to make it a science. |
Chemistry World June 19, 2014 |
The colorful science Chemists and artists have been inspiring each other to more colorful heights for centuries. Philip Ball traces the development of paints and pigments. |
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. |
Smithsonian July 2007 Cate Lineberry |
For Hire: Fine Art Appraiser Former Sotheby's paintings appraiser Nan Chisholm discusses her career. |
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 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 February 13, 2007 Henry Nicholls |
Raphael Revealed by Raman Spectroscopy Forensic and chemical scrutiny of flecks of paint from an unattributed painting lends weight to the idea it was a mock-up for one of Raphael's most famous Renaissance creations. |
Searcher September 2001 Mary Colette Wallace |
The Science and Art of Online Research in the Fine Arts: A Process Approach The optimum process requires understanding the function of the needed and given information before taking action... |
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. |
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 November 6, 2014 Catherine Emma Nicholson |
Science and art: the painted surface This volume shows a global solution to a long-discussed problem: how to get scientists, art historians and conservators working together. |
BusinessWeek December 25, 2006 Thane Peterson |
Art's New Frame Of Reference India, China, Russia... Art collecting is going global, and prices have room to run. |
Chemistry World October 2, 2015 Paul Brack |
Egyptian blue: more than just a color The blue pigment was first used by Egyptian artist 2600 BC. Today it has possible uses in security inks or for biomedical imaging. |
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? |
Smithsonian April 2007 Courtney Jordan |
Artist on the Rise Contemporary artist Maggie Michael shakes up abstract painting by giving control a chance. |
AskMen.com Nick Clarke |
Top 10: Art Museums Standing as shrines to the works that helped shape our society, art museums can be found in every major city around the globe. |
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. |
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. |
Wired July 20, 2009 Sonia Zjawinski |
Swank Up Your Facebook Page With a Hand-Painted Portrait What started as a painter's quest to hone his portrait skills quickly turned into a Facebook phenomenon. |
BusinessWeek September 4, 2006 Thane Peterson |
The New Art Sharks New art collectors with thick wallets are jostling the old guard in the contemporary market. |
CIO July 1, 2001 Elizabeth Douglas |
When Marketing Imitates Art Corporate art collections are more about the message than the medium... |
Chemistry World September 4, 2014 Hayley Simon |
Lead 'soaps' behind iconic artwork damage uncovered Lead stannate, Pb 2SnO 4, has been identified as the culprit responsible for disfiguring masterpieces by Rembrandt, John Singer Sargent and Johannes Vermeer. |
BusinessWeek June 5, 2006 Manjeet Kripalani |
India's Art Appreciation Modern works are zooming in value - leading some to fear a shakeout. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum March 2010 Willie D. Jones |
A New Algorithm to Attack Art Fraud Sparse-coding technique spots fakes. Mathematicians at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H., may have the answer. They recently presented a computer-based statistical analysis technique which they say will help art historians and conservators discover even the most skilled forgery. |
Smithsonian June 2006 Henry Adams |
Wyeth's World After seven decades, critics still differ over Andrew Wyeth's stature as an artist. A new exhibition stirs the debate. |
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. |
BusinessWeek February 13, 2006 Thane Peterson |
Black Art is Buried Treasure In an overheated market, works by African American painters are a bargain -- for now. |
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. |
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. |
Smithsonian March 2005 Kurt Repanshek |
Traces of a Lost People Who roamed the Colorado Plateau thousands of years ago? And what do their stunning paintings signify? |
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... |
Smithsonian January 2004 Bruce Watson |
Big! Pop artist James Rosenquist returns to the limelight with a dazzling retrospective of his larger-than-life works. |
Entrepreneur May 2010 Rosalind Resnick |
Fine Art of Investment When it comes to sinking your money into the art market, caution is critical. |
Chemistry World August 21, 2007 James Mitchell Crow |
Why Use Lead in Paint? Mattel, the world's biggest toy maker, has recalled millions of toys that were coated with lead paint. Lead's poisonous properties have been known for thousands of years, so why was lead ever added to paint, and why is lead paint still being made? |
Salon.com October 16, 2002 Katharine Mieszkowski |
Hunting Nazi art online Coming to an Internet portal near you: Art treasures seized by Hitler's minions in World War II. American museums now think that the Web can help in their attempt to uncover the Nazi loot that may still be hanging on their walls. |
Wired April 2005 Jeff Howe |
Paint by Numbers How a tech whiz kid launched the Artist Pension Trust, a pension fund for artists. |
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 |
BusinessWeek July 22, 2010 Lindsey Pollock |
The Next Big Things at the Greater New York Art Show The show, at P.S. 1, has long been a harbinger of modern art trends. Tauba Auerbach and Alex Hubbard are among its next anticipated stars. |
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. |
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. |
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 |
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. |
Reason March 2003 Jesse Walker |
But Is It Outsider Art? A prominent painter flunks a purity test. |
TIME Asia October 18, 2010 Harrell & Perraudin |
Culturally Invested In the decade before the financial meltdown, curators like Alistair Hicks used some of the banks' huge profits to make those institutions the world's largest holders of contemporary art. |
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 |