By Christoph Dieffenbacher Digital technologies offer museums new opportunities for collecting and conveying information. Researchers at the University of Basel are initiating these types of projects and giving historical objects
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Roy Lichtenstein’s Work To Appear on Five Stamps
The U.S. Postal Service will honor American artist Roy Lichtenstein with five commemorative Forever stamps featuring his colorful pop art. The first-day-of-issue event for the stamps is free and open
Read moreMystery portrait is “undoubtedly” Raphael masterpiece, according to AI analysis
Facial recognition technology used to identify the artist of a Renaissance painting has concluded the faces are IDENTICAL to two of those in Raphael’s Sistine Madonna altarpiece. The de Brécy
Read moreNanomaterial from the Middle Ages
By Barbara Vonarburg. To gild sculptures in the late Middle Ages, artists often applied ultra-thin gold foil supported by a silver base layer. For the first time, scientists at the
Read moreAge-old technique enhanced by computer modeling
By Emmanuel Barraud A joint project between EPFL’s Geometric Computing Laboratory and a British artist has resulted in an impressive structure made out of woven bamboo. It will be on
Read moreRamses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs
Ramses The Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs Brings Splendors of Ancient Egypt to San Francisco. De Young museum / August 20, 2022–February 12, 2023. he Fine Arts Museums
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