reflectography
reflectography noun: an infrared technique used by art historians to detect layers beneath the top surface of a painting and thus determine whether it is an original.
Noun
reflectography (uncountable)
- An infrared technique used by art historians to detect layers beneath the top surface of a painting and thus determine whether it is an original.
- IF a picture is worth the proverbial thousand words, taking a peek under the paint using infrared reflectography surely adds a few thousand more — especially when it comes to a work as detailed as the enormous 15th-century altarpiece from the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Ascension in Ciudad...2008 June 8, J. D. Biersdorfer, “What Lies Beneath Can Tell Another Tale”, in New York Times
Origin of reflectography
From reflect + -o- + -graphy.
Words formed from reflectography
Words that rhyme with reflectography
- geography
- choreography
- orthography
- topography
- chirography
- hagiography
- heliography
- phonography
- semiography
- acrography
- autography
- bibliography
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- cacography
- chromography
- demography
- discography
- iconography
- isography
- logography
- ludography
- metallography
- micrography
- paleography
- pantography
- pornography
- scenography
- typography
- videography
- aerography
- archaeography
- arteriography
- arthrography
- autobiography
- autohagiography
- biogeography
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- cartography
- cerography
- chronography
- cinematography
- cosmography
- crystallography
- dactylography
- demonography
- dittography
- electrography
- enterography
- ethnography
- etymography
- exogeography
- fluorography
- galvanography
- glossography
- heterography
- historiography
- homography
- horologiography
- ichnography
- laryngography
- mechanography
Questions about reflectography
- What does reflectography mean?
- Reflectography means an infrared technique used by art historians to detect layers beneath the top surface of a painting and thus determine whether it is an original.
- What part of speech is reflectography?
- Reflectography is a noun.
Words near reflectography in the dictionary
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