Posts Tagged ‘art’
Rock art clarifies demise of pre-Aboriginal culture
U. QUEENSLAND (AUS) — Ancient rock art suggests a 1,500-year-long mega-drought may have been responsible for the disappearance of a pre-historic culture that predates present day Aboriginal people. Continue…
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Top Stories - Dec 20, 2012 12:06 - 1 Comment
Maya expert debunks ‘end of times’
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — Tomorrow, December 21, 2012, has taken over pop culture this year: will the world end? Maya scholar David Stuart says no. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 26, 2012 13:27 - 0 Comments
How bugs made their mark in European art
PENN STATE (US) — Since the Renaissance, wormholes in woodblocks have left errors in printed art, but new research uses those traces to reveal which beetle species are responsible. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 24, 2012 12:38 - 0 Comments
Honeybee brains can sort art by style
U. QUEENSLAND (AUS) — Monet or Picasso? Honeybees, which have a highly developed capacity for processing complex visual information, may be able to distinguish between artistic styles, a new study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 23, 2012 10:49 - 2 Comments
Cartoons depict 100 years of health care debate
U. ROCHESTER (US) — A new history of health care reform looks at 100 years of partisan wrangling over medical insurance via more than 200 of the century’s best political cartoons. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 12, 2012 14:25 - 0 Comments
Draw something. This computer names that doodle
BROWN (US) — A new computer program can recognize rough sketches—of bunnies, teapots, donuts, and more—as they’re drawn in real time. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 5, 2012 15:01 - 0 Comments
Dig unearths 4th century biblical mosaic
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — A monumental synagogue building dating to the Late Roman and Byzantine periods (c. 4th-6th centuries CE) has been discovered in archaeological excavations at Huqoq in Israel’s Galilee. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 2, 2012 10:28 - 2 Comments
Clear cultural mission vital to next museums
U. CHICAGO (US) — Careful planning and a focus on what visitors want is crucial to the success of new museums and other cultural centers, new research shows. (more…)
Top Stories - May 14, 2012 17:05 - 2 Comments
Erotic wall art dates back 37,000 years
NYU (US) — A 1.5 metric ton block of engraved limestone constitutes the earliest evidence of wall art, report anthropologists working in southern France. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 25, 2012 10:53 - 3 Comments
Slavery paintings gave abolition back-up
U. VIRGINIA (US) — A British artist’s paintings of the American slave trade reveal the emotional side of slavery that U.S. artists were more hesitant to depict at the time. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 18, 2012 10:03 - 2 Comments
When art touches a nerve, brain lights up
NYU (US) — The brain network activated during an intense response to art overlaps with the brain network associated with inward contemplation and self-assessment. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 25, 2012 11:44 - 0 Comments
For science’s sake, touch the art
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Visitors to a new exhibition get to break the cardinal rule of museum-going: Please don’t touch. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 2, 2010 15:09 - 0 Comments
What’s the sound of yellow ochre?
MCGILL (CAN)—Chemists have discovered that a technique known as photoacoustic infrared spectroscopy could help identify the composition of pigments used in artwork that is decades or even centuries old. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 25, 2010 15:37 - 3 Comments
Read my mood. It’s written on my face
STANFORD (US)—Can people be trained to recognize facial emotions? That’s the goal of work by Stanford University researcher David Wilkins, who is studying techniques used by portrait artists, actors, and psychologists. (more…)
Science & Technology, Society & Culture - Aug 27, 2009 15:23 - 0 Comments
Decoding art’s DNA
NORTHWESTERN (US)—Could bronze sculptures have their own DNA-like fingerprint? Researchers are analyzing the alloy composition of works by artists such as Picasso and Matisse to pinpoint when and where the metal masterpieces were cast. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 29, 2009 11:46 - 0 Comments
Cold case artists solve mummy mystery
U. CHICAGO (US)—Drawings by two artists who work on cold case investigations are giving the public a chance to see what the University of Chicago’s mummy Meresamun looked like in real life. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 2, 2009 16:44 - 1 Comment
Inner life of Aztec’s conquered unearthed
NORTHWESTERN (US)—Excavations in the Mexican town of Xaltocan are yielding fascinating clues about the conquered people who lived in the provinces of the Aztec empire and telling a mostly untold story about the empire’s rise and fall. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 27, 2009 10:46 - 0 Comments
Computer reveals math’s inner beauty
UC IRVINE (US)—Computer-generated images of equations are giving mathematicians a powerful new way to visualize ideas and concepts, and showing the general public that math can be, well, breathtaking. (more…)
