The X-rays, which don’t harm the artwork, can analyze the pigments used, which is valuable in deciding how to store or restore a painting. Different materials in the paints absorb and expel ...

Researchers developed an artificial intelligence method to make sense of complex X-ray images of two-sided paintings. They used this to study the panels of a 15th century altarpiece in Belgium.

X-rays of the oil painting taken in 1992 revealed a hidden landscape. However, new super-resolution X-ray scans of the artwork show how Picasso changed his mind and painted over his own work, too.

X-rays reveal hidden “first drafts” of ancient Egyptian paintings at Theban Necropolis Finds include hidden third "ghost hand," alterations to a crown in Ramesses II portrait ...

MR. KEMPTON'S little book gives a good introduction to “radiomateriology,” that is, to the examination of materials by means of X-rays. The art has made great strides since the War, and_ by ...

X-rays reveal how Hans Holbein altered a painting to give a 'chubby' client more chiselled cheeks Hans Holbein is known for paintings of royals and grandees at Henry VIII's court ...

X-Rays Uncover the Secrets of 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Paintings A new study provides insight into how tomb painters altered their work over time ...

Nor is this the first time a Van Gogh painting has been subjected to X-ray analysis. Back in 2008, European scientists used synchrotron radiation to reconstruct the hidden portrait of a peasant ...

X-rays excel at imaging dense or heavy materials. That’s why they’re used to peer inside the human body when something isn’t right: Dense bone and even tumors absorb much more of the radiation than ...

IN the history of science there have been few more unexpected and few more fruitful discoveries than that made by Wilhelm Konrad Röntgen on November 8, 1895, and described not many days after in ...

France Scientists use X-rays to reveal clue about techniques da Vinci used when painting 'Mona Lisa' The rare compound suggests Leonardo da Vinci was in an experimental mood when he started the ...

The original painting. / And its X-ray, revealing a white swirl that obscures much of Hero's figure. (Supplied: NGV) A great white swirl in the upper-right quadrant of the canvas all but obscured ...