Article Abstracts | June 2007
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Photonics for Art’s Sake
A look at how photonics helps art be art, and at where the state of the art is headed.
by Hank Hogan, Contributing Editor
Art may be for art’s sake, but that doesn’t mean that paintings and other works of art can’t benefit from photonic-based tools and equipment. For example, the challenge of preserving and restoring artwork from the past and present is made easier by techniques such as reflected infrared imaging and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.
Photonics also is helping adjust illumination to find the right balance between the light that is needed to see the art and damaging light that can shorten the lifetime of a painting, mural or other artwork...
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