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Draws from a study of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" by thirty-nine specialists that encompassed radiography, microfluorescence, ultraviolet and infrared examination, 3-D scanning, and other technologies and afforded insights into da Vinci's materials, techniques, and world.

Recounts the events surrounding the discovery of Italian Baroque artist Caravaggio's masterpiece "The Taking of Christ", which went undiscovered for decades in a dusty attic, and explores the controversy surrounding the painting's discovery and restoration.