craquelure

Software programs are available for creating craquelure in digital photos.

This pattern of small cracks is known as craquelure.

Craquelure gives new objects such as ceramics and furniture an "antique" look.

Modern acrylic paint is especially likely to develop craquelure if it experiences low temperatures.

The effect is achieved by a chemical reaction that results in regular-looking craquelure.

Normally, craquelure is formed by the aging of paints.

Craquelure (crazed cracking to the surface) had been painted over, especially in the background.

The other piece is an inches-thick wall of mud that has dried into a deep craquelure pattern.

The commission's other findings suggested that the dust in the craquelure was too homogeneous to be of natural origin.

Further analysis revealed that the surface paint was modern and had been applied so as not to obscure the craquelure of the original.

The modern decor industry has used the technique of craquelure to create various objects and materials such as glass, ceramics, iron.

Terms such as craquelure - an old painting's characteristic "web of fine capillary-like cracks" - are tossed around.

The precise pattern of craquelure depends on where, when, and under what conditions the picture was painted, and subsequently kept.

Smooth and unblemished at first, the mud has progressively dried, producing an all-over craquelure.

An inspection of the picture's craquelure determined that the painting was indeed the original and not Hatvany's copy.

Almost all oils develop a fine network of cracks (the craquelure) as they age, but sometimes these develop into flakes that peel away.

Tapping his cane against the fractured craquelure of the concrete surface, he made his way to the nearest public entrance point.

The truck jerked, bounced, slowed, and began to slew sideways as the craquelure of failing ice spread out from them in all directions.

Maugham also started the trend of stripping and repainting French provincial antiques with a secret craquelure technique.

The extent of craquelure produced varies according to the percentage of reagent and time of use.

He learned about paper and canvas and experimented to find ways of producing craquelure, a characteristic of old paintings.

These methods, however, generally achieve cracks that are uniform in appearance, while genuine craquelure has cracks with irregular patterns.

Mixing different brands of ready-made products to mimic craquelure results in various sizes and patterns of cracks.

It can be used to determine the age of paintings and to detect art forgery, because craquelure is a hard-to-forge signature of authenticity.

A delicate craquelure on the tree trunk emerged during the course of painting, and Katz took advantage of it to convey the bark itself.