The Scream Is Fading. New Research by BGC Professor Jennifer Mass Reveals Why.
Jennifer Mass in the lab.
The art world is increasingly turning to scientific analysis of pigments to find out how time has changed some famous paintings. Jennifer Mass, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Cultural Heritage Science at the Bard Graduate Center, has put Edvard Munch’s 1910 version of The Scream under the microscope to examine how its colors have faded, providing lessons about other paintings of the period—a moment when many artists were abandoning traditional painting techniques and experimenting with various paints and color theories.
Post Date: 02-05-2020
Post Date: 02-05-2020