Black-and-white illustrations in old medical textbooks have a very distinct style. The smooth shading effects show as much of the texture of a tissue as you need to see to be able to understand the ...

Forensic art experts just got a little more competition. Scientists at UCLA and the National Gallery of Art have developed a new technique for analyzing ancient paintings that promises to reveal not ...

Caricature portrait drawing is a distinct art form where artists sketch a person's face in an exaggerated manner, most times to elicit humor. Automating this technique poses challenges due to the ...

Shi Yanchun, an inheritor of the traditional technique of painted sculptures, has spent more than three decades restoring antique figures at prestigious cultural sites in Shanxi province, including ...