The Renaissance is closed
How the coronavirus shows that the Renaissance is closed, and how we may recover it.
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03, 2020
26
12, 2019
The firsts in Leonardo’s Last Supper
The firsts in the ways Leonardo's Last Supper integrates optics, mathematics, art, psychology, and faith.
19
12, 2019
Brain scans spotlight the cast of history (Pierre Gagnepain et al., Nature Human Behavior)
Using neural imaging, the study suggests how collective memory filters our sense of history.
15
12, 2019
Art and memory (Ken Smith, WRAL.com)
Viewing art summons the memory of things past.
25
11, 2019
The arts, humanities, and our well-being (Daisy Fancourt and Saorise Finn, World Heath Organization)
The ways the arts and humanities enhance our mental and physical health.
15
10, 2019
Night at the museums (Humanities Indicators)
Falling attendance at museums may indicate a lagging interest in humanities.
29
04, 2019
What, me worry? (Adam Kirsch, Wall Street Journal)
The reports of the death of the humanities have been an exaggeration.
23
04, 2019
The healing power of gardens (Oliver Sacks, NY Times)
How nature and gardens heal the mind and body.
6
08, 2018
Foundations of learning (Martin Oehlen, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger)
The hidden bases of learning, not only literary, beneath our feet.
10
07, 2018
The truth of the soul and the soul of truth
What it takes to be a psychoanalyst.