Paintings by medieval masters are not only beautiful but also an important monument of Czech art. However, we often do not know much about their creation. Thanks to modern scanning methods using infrared light, it is now possible to reveal and photograph the underdrawing, the layer invisible to the eye, on seven hundred-year-old paintings and thus literally look under the hands of the masters during their creation. The underdrawing documentation and study today offers an extraordinary research benefit and an unplanned aesthetic experience. Through the surviving paintings and their freshly revealed secrets of underdrawing, we go back in time to the world of medieval painting workshops and learn much that is hidden not only to the eyes.

Writer / Maria Procházková

Release date / 19 December 2023

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