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2 volumes : illustrations (chiefly color), charts, portraits ; 35 cm
Radiography is a technique which has been employed in the study of paintings for more than a century. The history of this method of analysis indicates that its development has been modest since the 1960s, as its use has been limited to reductive approaches that take into account no more than the immediately intelligible signs. By systematically considering the physical mechanisms involved in the creation of an image, this volume seeks to demonstrate that we can access new fields of radiological analysis by identifying two categories of "signs": those that may be obvious, but whose meaning is misleading, and those which are not immediately comprehensible.
Volume 1. Text. A history of the radiography of paintings ; The paint layer ; The preparatory phases ; Supports ; Damage and Restorations ; Contribution of radiography to the history of art, the history of painting practices and conservation ; Conclusion ; Annex 1: List of the x-rays done by Alan Burroughs during his stay in Paris in 1926 ; Bibliography ; Index -- volume 2. Illustrations. Figures.
Elisabeth Ravaud ; translated from the French by Ronald Denton.
Based on thesis (doctoral)--Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2011.
Translator note on volume 2 title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-226) and index.