Close Examination: glossary

'Close Examination: Fakes, Mistakes and Discoveries' showcases some of the most intriguing stories behind Gallery paintings. Unlock their secrets with these useful technical terms:

Attribution

Autograph

Chromatography

Connoisseur

Craquelure

Cross-section

Dendrochronology

Energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDX)

Fakes and forgeries

Fourier transform infrared microscopy (FTIR)

Gesso

Glaze

Ground

Imprimatura

Infrared

Medium

Overpaint

Panel painting

Pentimento

Photomicrograph

Pigment

Provenance

Raking light

Retouching

Sample

Support

Tempera

Ultraviolet (UV) light

Ultraviolet fluorescence

Underdrawing

Varnish

Workshop

X-rays

X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD)