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  • ITMO Scientists Create Method to Quickly Detect Painting Authenticity

    In collaboration with the staff of the State Russian Museum, researchers from ITMO University have developed a new method for detecting painting authenticity with infrared spectroscopy. The method will allow the museum’s experts to quickly identify a painting’s chemical compounds and the century it was created in, as was demonstrated by a test analysis performed on a copy of one of Ivan Aivazovsky’s creations. In the future, the new method will help identify the authenticity of pieces from the era of Russian avant-garde.

    02.11.2022

  • Five Must-Know Russian Paintings

    Whether on chocolate boxes, in textbooks or memes, these masterpieces have become an integral part of Russian culture. So what makes them so popular? 

    16.08.2021