Comments on: Hot See-thru action! Radiography and Art

Hot See-thru action! Radiography and Art

taz — Thu, 10 Jul 2003 00:09:44 -0800

Hot See-thru action! Radiography and Art: The obliging X-ray can detect forgeries, reveal the hidden process of genius (Picasso 1 [6 pages], 2, 3), and even serve as a glorious medium itself (Innervisions; Beyond Light; Mefi thread The Secret Garden).

Intrigued? Perhaps you'll want to check out How to make radiographs on Polaroid film from noah.org's X-ray page.

By: taz

taz — Thu, 10 Jul 2003 01:58:12 -0800

Also, of general forgery-detection-related interest (and because I couldn't resist throwing it in), this fascinating story of a Nazi art forger.

By: plep

plep — Thu, 10 Jul 2003 02:09:21 -0800

[this is good] - thanks taz.

By: taz

taz — Thu, 10 Jul 2003 04:19:06 -0800

Hey! More radiographic art via the trackback by "Cup of Chicha", in a reference to an earlier Chicha entry. I like the different approach of Hugh Turvey.

By: magullo

magullo — Thu, 10 Jul 2003 04:34:04 -0800

This comment The neat discovery is not that you can buy x-ray machines off eBay. The neat discovery is that you can use Polaroid film to image x-rays! and this photo caption My left foot. It was hard to sit still. Dangerous? Perhaps. Stupid? Perhaps. But it had to be done! This will be the end of my self-experiments; at least until I receive my lead apron and x-ray dosimeter are somewhat unsettling

By: TedW

TedW — Thu, 10 Jul 2003 09:18:09 -0800

The FDA will have a cow if it sees Noah's site.

By: Hildago

Hildago — Thu, 10 Jul 2003 13:33:59 -0800

On the somewhat tangenital topic of the hidden process of the genius of Picasso, there's a doc called The Mystery of Picasso that shows him making paintings in (sometimes) real time. Hard to find but fun.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Thu, 10 Jul 2003 23:36:38 -0800

Great post taz, don't know how I missed this earlier today! In a similar vein, here is an examination of Picasso's Old Guitarist from the Art Institute of Chicago. They have a good page on historical research and a flash comparison of the image via x-ray and infrared that is interesting.

By: whatzit

whatzit — Sat, 12 Jul 2003 11:58:02 -0800

CAT scan, not X-ray, used in discovering how Brian Setzer's favorite guitar was made almost 50 years ago.