(left) Cosimo I de''Medici in armor by Agnolo Bronzini c1545 Art Gallery of NSW and (right) Composite XRF scan map showing mercury (red) and iron (green). Credit: Australia's Nuclear Science and ...
“Before 1430, paintings looked awkward and almost cartoonish,” Stork said, using an example of Florentine painter Giotto di Bondone. “The theory is this: Renaissance painters used mirrors and lenses ...