X-radiograph(s) of "Young Woman" 

Editor: This is an X-radiograph of "Young Woman" by Bastiano Mainardi. It looks like a ghostly puzzle. What symbols do you see in this image? Curator: Well, the X-ray itself is symbolic. It reveals what's hidden, the structure beneath the surface. The artist’s choices, now made transparent, speak to a deeper cultural understanding of beauty and representation. What do you make of the process? Editor: It feels like a way to expose not just the physical form but maybe even the artistic process itself, a kind of artistic vulnerability. Curator: Precisely! It disrupts our expectations and forces us to confront the layers of meaning embedded in even a classical portrait. It really lets us consider the iconographic weight that images carry, doesn’t it? Editor: Definitely, seeing beneath the surface transforms the image entirely.