Is examination an art? Many American school-teachers will at once reply: ‘No; it is an evil.’ Perhaps, if wrongly used, it may be both. War is an evil; but no one will deny that there is a military ...

On October 3rd, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and San Jose, CA-based networking giant Cisco co-hosted a launch event for the Prior Art Archive, a database open to both the public and ...

The identification of pigments on manuscripts, paintings, enamels, ceramics, icons, polychromes, and papyri is critical in finding solutions to problems of restoration, conservation, dating, and ...

This summer the USPTO has been soliciting formal comments from the industry relating to the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on prior art and patentability issues. Among other things, commenters ...

Suggested Citation: "The State of the Field - Overview--John Winter." National Academy of Sciences. 2005. Scientific Examination of Art: Modern Techniques in Conservation and Analysis. Washington, DC: ...