reflectography
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From reflect + -o- + -graphy.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Noun
[edit]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.
- 2008 June 8, J. D. Biersdorfer, “What Lies Beneath Can Tell Another Tale”, in New York Times[1]:
- 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 Rodrigo, Spain.