Cracks make historical paintings less vulnerable to environmental variations
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 - 20:11
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Historical wood panel paintings with developed craquelure patterns—networks of fine cracks in the paint- are significantly less vulnerable to environmental variations than previously assumed, according to a study in the open access journal Heritage Science. The findings offer a potential explanation as to why heavily cracked historical paintings remain stable in environments far from 'ideal' museum conditions.