Fig. 3From: After the paint has dried: a review of testing techniques for studying the mechanical properties of artists’ paintTypical generic temperature behavior at different temperatures shown with a qualitative load (stress) vs. strain plot. As the temperature decreases from \(T_{4}\) to \(T_{1}\), the sample exhibits more brittle behavior. This trend is also equivalent to increasing the strain rate (or decreasing the measurement time) used for the tensile testBack to article page