Renaissance

‘Guest’ at Renaissance London hits out over quarantine stay by holding signs

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A frustrated hotel quarantine guest has protested against the scheme with a series of home-made signs reading ‘HM Prison Heathrow’ and ‘What a way to spend your birthday’ and ‘Next time I’m coming home in a dinghy via Dover’.  The unnamed man, who is staying at the Renaissance London hotel near Heathrow, showed off the … Read more

Blue pigment popular with Renaissance artists gets ‘sick’ 

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A pigment that was popular with Renaissance artists develops a wasting disease over time that causes blue parts of historical masterpieces to turn grey, scientists say. The costly pigment ‘ultramarine’, made from a dazzling blue metamorphic rock, catalyses its own chemical reaction that reduces colour intensity. This affects legendary paintings including Johannes Vermeer’s ‘A Young … Read more