News tagged with paint pigments

Scientists warn Spanish cave should remain off the tourist map

(PhysOrg.com) -- The World Heritage listed Altamira Cave at Cantabria in northern Spain, is home to some of the most perfect examples of Paleolithic cave paintings in Europe, but threats posed by tourists ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

UD chemist investigates reactions that damage paintings

In the days before artists could go to a store and buy commercial paints, they mixed their own, often combining pigments made of lead salts with such materials as egg whites and vegetable oils.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pigment discovery expanding into new colors

Chemists at Oregon State University have discovered that the same crystal structure they identified two years ago to create what may be the world's best blue pigment can also be used with different elements ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hidden treasure: Technique reveals buried image in famed illustrator's painting

Scientists today reported use of a new X-ray imaging technique to reveal for the first time in a century unprecedented details of a painting hidden beneath another painting by famed American illustrator N.C. ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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New compound could become 'cool blue' for energy efficiency in buildings

A new type of durable, environmentally-benign blue pigment discovered at Oregon State University has also been found to have unusual characteristics in reflecting heat – it's a "cool blue" compound that ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

UC San Diego researchers in Florence explore new ways to search for lost Leonardo mural

(Phys.org) -- In 1505 Leonardo da Vinci began painting a mural – to commemorate the Battle of Anghiari – in the Palazzo Vecchio’s Great Hall, the seat of government in Renaissance Florence.

Technology / Engineering

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Egg Cetera #4: Mayonnaise and the making of masterpieces

In the fourth report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, conservator Spike Bucklow describes how far the simple egg has extended the richness and splendor of paintings.

Biology / Other

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Discovery of the first evidence for Pre-Columbian sources of Maya Blue

Once again, science and anthropology have teamed up to solve questions concerning the fascinating, brilliantly hued pigment known as Maya Blue. Impervious to the effects of chemical or physical weathering, the pigment was ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Flower still life by Vincent van Gogh rediscovered thanks to new research technique

After lengthy research the Kröller-Müller Museum has another Van Gogh painting to its name: Still life with meadow flowers and roses. Its authenticity had been in doubt ever since it was added to the collection ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Blood on the menu: New research could make it easier to grow health-promoting blood oranges

For the red pigmentation to develop, blood oranges normally require a period of cold as they ripen. The only place to reliably grow them on a commercial scale is in the Sicilian area of Italy around Mount ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Data support theory on location of lost Leonardo da Vinci painting

(PhysOrg.com) -- Evidence uncovered during research conducted in Florence's Palazzo Vecchio late last year appears to support the theory that a lost Leonardo da Vinci painting existed on the east wall of the ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

From caves to Stonehenge, ancient peoples painted with sound

Stone Age cave paintings evoke reverent silence in most people. But David Lubman, Miriam Kolar, and Steve Waller prefer to shout and clap instead.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In a single step, engineers create a rainbow-colored polymer

(PhysOrg.com) -- University at Buffalo engineers have developed a one-step, low-cost method to fabricate a polymer with extraordinary properties: When viewed from a single perspective, the polymer is rainbow-colored, ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Using ion beams to detect art forgery

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Notre Dame nuclear physicists Philippe Collon and Michael Wiescher are using accelerated ion beams to pinpoint the age and origin of material used in pottery, painting, metalwork ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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