Art? Science? .... Alchemy: The materiality of spiritual expression in artistic creation revealed through the analytical techniques of a heritage conservator

To the uninitiated, it is quite probable that the results that art conservators derive from analytical techniques, may resemble alchemy, but they do not create gold from lead. Instead, they represent the composition of an object as its chemical components. X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) has l...

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Main Authors: Maggi Loubser, Salome le Roux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Africajournals 2021-08-01
Series:Pharos Journal of Theology
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Online Access:https://www.pharosjot.com/uploads/7/1/6/3/7163688/theme_4_article_14_se1_maggi_loubser___salome_le_roux.pdf