別讓梵高的《向日葵》見光死! (雙語有聲)
作者:hahaleaf
來源:滬江論壇
2011-03-31 07:30
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Chemists Try To Keep Van Gogh's Sunflowers Yellow
《向日葵》見光死……?
Imagine Van Gogh’s paintings of yellow sunflowers. Now imagine the flowers brown. Eh, not so good. Sadly, we may someday see what that would look like. Because the bright yellow paints on the canvas are slowly turning muddy. Now, an international team of scientists has pinpointed the chemical reaction that drives this degradation—the first step toward stopping it. Their findings appear in the journal Analytical Chemistry. [Letizia Monico et al., Degradation Process of Lead Chromate in Paintings by Vincent van Gogh Studied by Means of Synchrotron X-ray Spectromicroscopy and Related Methods. 1. Artificially Aged Model Samples and 2. Original Paint Layer Samples]
大家先想象一下梵高畫的《向日葵》,再試著想象一下那一朵朵向日葵變成褐色。額……貌似畫面不太美妙嘛。雖然這是想象的畫面,不過悲劇的是,想象可能即將成為現(xiàn)實(shí),因?yàn)楫嫴忌辖瘘S色的顏料慢慢變暗了。日前,一支國際科學(xué)家團(tuán)隊(duì)精確找到了引起這一變化的化學(xué)反應(yīng)——這是防止畫作繼續(xù)褪色的第一步。研究發(fā)現(xiàn)刊登在《分析化學(xué)》上。
Van Gogh’s use of strong bright colors to convey mood and emotion marks a major milestone in art history. And his Sunflower series wouldn’t be the same without the vibrant “chrome yellow” pigment that was new at the time. But this color darkens when exposed to the sun.
梵高以強(qiáng)烈的亮色傳情的作畫方式被譽(yù)為藝術(shù)長河中的里程碑。而少了當(dāng)時(shí)新潮的一抹艷麗鉻黃,定沒有《向日葵》系列作品如此矚目的成績,但這種鉻黃暴露在光線下就會暗淡。
To find out why, researchers used sophisticated x-ray analyses to determine the exact chemical composition of the paint as it browns. First, they exposed three tubes of chrome yellow to UV radiation until one turned a chocolate color. Analyzing that sample, they identified specific changes in the paint’s chromium compounds. They then found the same chemical signature in the darkened areas of two van Gogh paintings. Until a chemical antidote is found, the researchers have some ironic advice: keep sunlight away from van Gogh’s sunflowers.
為找出原因,研究人員用精密X射線分析儀測定了變成褐色顏料的精確化學(xué)成分。首先,研究人員將3管鉻黃顏料暴露在紫外線下照射,直至有一管顏料變成巧克力色。分析了該管顏料后,研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)了顏料中鉻化合物的具體變化,繼而他們又再梵高兩幅畫作暗色處與其相同的化學(xué)標(biāo)記。在找到化學(xué)方法解決這一問題之前,研究人員提出了一個(gè)頗為諷刺的建議:別讓梵高的《向日葵》曬著太陽~
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