# museumfromhome

X is for X-ray! Technology such as X-ray spectroscopy analyses tiny samples to identify the materials used in paintings. Applied to Christiana Herringham's Madonna & Child, it revealed she used both traditional pigments & modern colours

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2020-07-08

V is for vampire 🧛‍♂️ In 'The New Eden', Austin Osman Spare depicts himself as a vampire, rising above his imagined lover Freda. The imagery of the vampire, coiled snake & crescent moon relate to his life-long research & practice into the occult

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2020-07-06