There is some interesting stuff into things like synchrotron x-rays to analyze the chemical makeup of old artifacts. Would be interesting to use that to recreate images of how these painting looked originally.
Renaissance Paintings Aren't as Green as They Used to Be
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Re: Renaissance Paintings Aren't as Green as They Used to Be
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's just that they used LED to illuminate the copper pigment samples equivalent to many years of otherwise dim museum lighting. The summary of the article is in the chemistry of the pigment, not the technical details of re-creating the effect.
I feel like we need to have Journalists follow the rule of 5-whys. Ask 5 whys until you get enough depth to write an article. But that's not because journalists aren't capable, its that these days audiences freak out when they see anything more than tabloid level detail in an article. In-depth discussions are glossed over, they don't fetch views and subscriptions. Masses want entertainment instead of information. So,…
The general rule we follow is the 5 W's and 1 H.
Which goes, Who, What, When, Where, Why and How.
If an article answers those five then it's done. Any other details is seen as fluff and a waste of editorial space. Which is funny considering the internet actually means there should be a a lot more space for editorial.
Re: Renaissance Paintings Aren't as Green as They Used to Be
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
I feel like we need to have Journalists follow the rule of 5-whys. Ask 5 whys until you get enough depth to write an article. But that's not because journalists aren't capable, its that these days audiences freak out when they see anything more than tabloid level detail in an article. In-depth discussions are glossed over, they don't fetch views and subscriptions. Masses want entertainment instead of information. So,…
> 5-whys I appreciate your desire for deeper analysis, but I hate the "5 whys" as they imply every event has a single root cause.
A single why can have multiple reasons each with their own root, more like a tree structure.
Re: Renaissance Paintings Aren't as Green as They Used to Be
#14Summary: "We calculated that 16 hours of LED illumination corresponds with several hundreds of years of illumination by museum light". The article offers no further explanation or citation.
What do you mean there's no citation? They interviewed one of the researchers who did the study.
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#15Summary: "We calculated that 16 hours of LED illumination corresponds with several hundreds of years of illumination by museum light". The article offers no further explanation or citation.
I had read that LED lighting is now recommended as a replacement for tungsten in archival situations. Is that wrong?
Well if you're not using a 410 nm LED, this research probably isn't relevant.
Re: Renaissance Paintings Aren't as Green as They Used to Be
#16Here's the paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335840833_Photochem...
Re: Renaissance Paintings Aren't as Green as They Used to Be
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's just that they used LED to illuminate the copper pigment samples equivalent to many years of otherwise dim museum lighting. The summary of the article is in the chemistry of the pigment, not the technical details of re-creating the effect.
I feel like we need to have Journalists follow the rule of 5-whys. Ask 5 whys until you get enough depth to write an article. But that's not because journalists aren't capable, its that these days audiences freak out when they see anything more than tabloid level detail in an article. In-depth discussions are glossed over, they don't fetch views and subscriptions. Masses want entertainment instead of information. So,…
I'm with you, but first I'd love if they started using the inverted pyramid again.
Re: Renaissance Paintings Aren't as Green as They Used to Be
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
I feel like we need to have Journalists follow the rule of 5-whys. Ask 5 whys until you get enough depth to write an article. But that's not because journalists aren't capable, its that these days audiences freak out when they see anything more than tabloid level detail in an article. In-depth discussions are glossed over, they don't fetch views and subscriptions. Masses want entertainment instead of information. So,…
The general rule we follow is the 5 W's and 1 H. Which goes, Who, What, When, Where, Why and How. If an article answers those five then it's done. Any other details is seen as fluff and a waste of editorial space. Which is funny considering the internet actually means there should be a a lot more space for editorial.
Seems like they often forget about the 1H
Re: Renaissance Paintings Aren't as Green as They Used to Be
#19Honestly, I was hoping the article would contain digital approximations of what the pictures looked like before they faded.
Re: Renaissance Paintings Aren't as Green as They Used to Be
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 5-whys I appreciate your desire for deeper analysis, but I hate the "5 whys" as they imply every event has a single root cause.
> "I hate the "5 whys" as they imply every event has a single root cause." That's an implication you're imposing yourself: there's no reason why asking the answer to any single question looking for cause will only have a single cause. Even Wikipedia's cursory overview includes this: > "Not all problems have a single root cause. If one wishes to uncover multiple root causes, the method must be repeated asking a differ…
The issue is with the concept of root cause. Many systems are better understood as having influencing factors, yet none of them could be called a root cause.
If you can never say, "That's why it happened," then the 5-whys method fails.