Researchers collected microscopic paint samples from the areas marked in purple on Diego Rivera’s Creation (1922–23) to analyze the mural’s binding medium. The team found evidence of copal resin but no detectable beeswax. #chemsky 🧪
New analysis rewrites the recipe for Rivera’s first muralResearchers find the copal resin, but not the beeswax, Rivera described in his techniquecen.acs.org