http://amyione-online.com TRACING THE CONTOURS OF ART, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND COGNITIVE SCIENCE Tue, 22 May 2012 16:02:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://amyione-online.com/2010/09/17/article-louvre-agrees-to-chemical-analysis-of-mona-lisa/ http://amyione-online.com/2010/09/17/article-louvre-agrees-to-chemical-analysis-of-mona-lisa/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:13:16 +0000 ione http://amyione-online.com/?p=405 The Louvre has collaborated with the Labor­atoire du Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France and the European Synch­rotron Radia­tion Facility to perform a quantitative chemical analysis on the Mona Lisa, 1503-06, and the faces of seven other works by the artist. Using x-ray fluorescence, researchers analysed the composition and thickness of the painting’s layers. They found that he used up to 30 layers, each roughly half the thickness of a human hair. Full article

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