Definition 0f Image Archaeology

im-age ar´chae-ol´o-gy™, [im-ij] [ahr-kee-ol-uh-jee], n.  1.  The systematic recovery by artistic methods of imagery within the ground of a painting.  2.  A digging into the surface ground.  3.  The space between the figure and the ground.  4.  The constant search for the middle ground.  5.  Projected thought that culminates into a work of art.