When art experts study the works of master painters, they scrutinize everything from composition and content to the brushstrokes and materials the artist used to convey a message about the subject, time, and society in which the work was created.
But when scientists peered into a painting by Pablo Picasso, their examination went many steps further—all the way down to the nanoscale. What did they find?
April 13, 2017 – Argonne physicist Volker Rose explains how the Advanced Photon Source, one of the brightest light sources in the world, revealed the real substance of some of Picasso’s paintings and paints.
Our Speaker:
Volker Rose, Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory, Advanced Photon Source, Center for Nanoscale Materials