Infrared reflectography

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image-making processes and techniques > photography and photographic processes and techniques > photographic techniques > picture-taking techniques > <picture-taking techniques by radiation type>

Descripción

Infrared reflectography is a digital imaging technique that allows study of layers beneath the surface of a painting by capturing absorption/emission characteristics of reflected infrared radiation. A complementary technique to x-radiography, IRR uncovers somewhat different information.The longer wavelengths of infrared radiation penetrate most surface pigments and reveal charcoal or graphite underdrawings, the underlying initial stages of a composition.

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http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300379538

Otros términos

  • infra-red reflectography [en]
  • IRR [en]
  • reflectography, infrared [en]