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...LIVING COLOR Psychologist Alexander Schauss, who pioneered the idea that different colors induce different moods, once advised mental institutions to paint their walls pink, claiming the hue had a calming effect. Schauss might go a little crazy himself trying to figure out what the d?cor of the Cao Dai Holy See cathedral is meant to inspire. Every inch of wall and ceiling is covered in lurid Technicolor, from fuchsia lotuses to virulent green dragons and a psychedelic divine eye floating in baby blue skies...
...last summer. The first phase—now in progress—is the construction of an educational website that will report on the progression of the project. Then, Senior Conservation Scientist Narayan Khandekar and his staff plan to begin analysis of the thick layer of residue obscuring the paintings to determine exactly what was deposited in each portion of the painting. Paint chips smaller than a printed period were extracted from portions of the mural with the tip of a scalpel. The specks of paint are then mounted in resin, magnified 250 times and viewed using digital computer imaging...
...typical cross section might include a layer of primer that Sargent often used on his canvases, the layers of paint he used to create and recreate the painting and several layers of grime. Once a chemical analysis determines what substances are obscuring the paint, a solvent and cleaning method are chosen for each specific portion of the murals...
...defend Michelangelo’s David but faltered over the anti-climactic facts of the day. There were no arrests; there was no “serious violence.” Pairing anti-climax with sarcasm, the Times reports: “[a female protestor] used eyeliner to paint Y-like shapes on the brows of friends. They worried aloud that the result looked more like Mercedes symbols than peace signs.” Other images are similarly choice: naive peaceniks partying in Florence...
Whether it is the Victorian-era style of their Mather common room, Maats’ turn in drag at the Miss Harvard pageant or his running in gold paint with angel wings at primal scream, Maats likes to rebel against the conventional...