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    Unlocking an Old Master

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    The conservation of Orazio Gentileschi’s painting of Danaë uncovered the aesthetic power that defines this masterpiece....

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    “Agapanthus” Exposed

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    Beneath the extraordinary surface of Claude Monet’s Water Lilies lies a hidden history of the artist’s working methods and...

    Too Big for the Lab

    A Life Before La Vie

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    In 1945 the Cleveland Museum of Art acquired Picasso’s Blue Period masterpiece La Vie. Initial radiographs produced by X-rays...

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    A Virtual Polish for an Ancient Masterwork

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    While developing the digital elements in Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain, I caught myself thinking...

    #CMAConservation: Objects Lab

      Have you ever wondered how The Thinker gets cleaned? Find out by virtually visiting the CMA’s object lab in this first installment of #CMAConservation, a five-part series showing the important work of the museum’s conservation department.

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      Digitized Publications

      The Cleveland Museum of Art’s commitment to have a museum library staffed by a professional librarian coincided with the founding of the CMA in 1913. When the museum and library opened in 1916, the latter contained approximately 600 volumes, most of which were donated and reflected the collection, such as books on lace and armor.

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