Forensic laboratories are often tasked with reconstructing the evidence when a hit-and-run accident has been reported and one of the vehicles involved has fled the scene. Residual evidence can range ...

Paintings are far more than dabs of oil on canvas. They are complex works of art composed of multiple layers, from primer and ...

The Dutch painter Rembrandt covered the surface of his canvas with a substance that contained lead before he began painting his 1642 masterpiece The Night Watch, according to new research. Using X-ray ...

Working in reverse to a traditional painter, Hannah Jensen’s art is unique. After adding between 40 and 80 layers of paint to a plyboard canvas – letting each one dry before applying the next – she ...