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Understanding Western Art

Summary

How do we preserve masterworks? Look into the ways in which artworks inevitably degrade, and the techniques conservators use to restore them, and follow the centuries-long efforts to restore Leonardo's The Last Supper. Then investigate the intriguing subject of authenticating art, and the roles of provenance, connoisseurship, forensics, and AI, noting the case of Rembrandt's The Polish Rider.

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