Art of the Day Thread
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Scientists identify secret ingredient in Leonardo da Vinci paintings
Old Masters" such as Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli and Rembrandt may have used proteins, especially egg yolk, in their oil paintings, according to a new study.
Trace quantities of protein residue have long been detected in classic oil paintings, though they were often ascribed to contamination. A new study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications found the inclusion was likely intentional — and sheds light on the technical knowledge of the Old Masters, the most skilled European painters of the 16th, 17th, or early 18th century, and the way they prepared their paints.
"There are very few written sources about this and no scientific work has been done before to investigate the subject in such depth," said study author Ophélie Ranquet of the Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, in a phone interview. "Our results show that even with a very small amount of egg yolk, you can achieve an amazing change of properties in the oil paint, demonstrating how it might have been beneficial for the artists."
Simply adding some egg yolk to their works, it turns out, could have long-lasting effects that went beyond just aesthetics.
- bezoar6
- ❤❤❤PhanLo
- Needs upscaling and more inpainting to bring out the detailsShenanigansTV
- grafician2
- "accidentally kicked..." it over....whoopsformed
- and fuck, Koons's work is ridiculously expensive...while kinda cool, I never got his work (not for those dollars...$91m?!)formed
- It's more expensive now that it's broken. Joke's on us.palimpsest
- PhanLo1
- Thought Giger would be into this dude looking at some of his sketches. He was.PhanLo
- butt cheekspango
- https://archive.org/…PhanLo
- PhanLo2
Doreen Fletcher.
Who hid twenty years worth of her paintings away in an attic, after giving up her work as an artist due to the lack of any interest in her pictures.
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https://whynow.co.uk/read/doreen…- Oh no. What a tragic story. These paintings are fantastic!SimonFFM
- PioneerDJ3031
A high school artist was chosen to paint a mural. Then came the outrage
{ A mural at Grant Middle School in Michigan is sparking controversy. }
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/…- Hahah great move, kidnb
- Interesting how the "fuck your feelings crowd" are on seemingly never ending mission to find things to have hurt feelings about.section_014
- They should have seen my Satanic fueled, nightmare sketchbooks when I was that age. "transgender flag colors on a shirt". Gimme a fuckin' break!section_014
- Poor kid, learning the hard way what "art commissions" aregrafician
- "Gimme a fuckin' break" has been my state of mind for the last 5 years at least.jagara
- Lucky. My “saturn devouring his son” was painted over within hoursscarabin
- PioneerDJ3030
- Marijuana Flower Painting
Oil color. Size 50*50 cm
Nam ChananPioneerDJ303 - She looks like she has a sizeable vibrator collection.shapesalad
- ^ lolformed
- Marijuana Flower Painting