| I read about craquelure several years ago and was immediately fascinated by both its scientific and metaphorical potential. |
| The internal stresses thus created can cause cupping and craquelure over time. |
| With a depth resolution down to one-hundredth-of-a-millimetre the NRC-IIT scan was able to provide the most detailed analysis to date of the paintings craquelure, the network of surface cracks. |
| He obtains chipped and plastery-looking surfaces with a dense craquelure. |
| For one thing, although the painting was webbed with centuries of craquelure, the sailor's face was unblemished. |
| Minute details of texture, brushstrokes, and craquelure must also be simulated. |
