In a New Light: Using Imaging to Study Pichwai Paintings

Get a behind-the-scenes view of the scientific techniques we used to analyze the cotton-cloth paintings of the exhibition Delighting Krishna. Scientists describe how they photographed the paintings in different lights, like ultraviolent and infrared, to analyze and identify the pigments. Watch the complex photoshoot turn into detailed data, step by step.

Speakers: Jennifer Giaccai, Conservation Scientist, National Museum of Asian Art
E. Keats Webb, Imaging Scientist, Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute.

Learn more about Delighting Krishna: Paintings of the Child-God: https://asia.si.edu/whats-on/exhibiti...

Delighting Krishna is part of The Arts of Devotion, a five-year initiative at the National Museum of Asian Art dedicated to furthering civic discourse and understanding of religion. This program is made possible by Lilly Endowment Inc.