A Librarian’s Life in Her Letters: Belle Greene and the Morgan Library
Letters reveal the shaping of a public institution, the Morgan Library.
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10, 2024
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09, 2024
Leonardo and the science of scent (Tim Brinkhof, Artnet)
Leonardo and the science of scent: a recent exhibit explores da Vinci's fascination with smell. From the article: Touted as a multi-sensory, olfactory experience, the exhibition shows that Leonardo got interested in perfumes after comparing the machinations of smell to those of sight and hearing. He collected commercially available perfumes, many of them made [...]
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08, 2024
The art of the cave (John Hill, world-architects.com)
An interview with Snøhetta co-founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen about path to re-creating Lascaux and its art.
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05, 2024
Mona Lisa’s mysteries (Dalya Alberge, The Guardian)
How an art historian and a geologist discovered the location of Mona Lisa.
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04, 2024
A total eclipse in the arts (Ian Blatchford, The Royal Society)
The changing face of sun and moon as eclipse in Renaissance art.
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12, 2023
AI and authenticity (Mark Brown, The Guardian)
How AI abets authenticating a Raphael masterpiece.
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11, 2023
Prehistoric Renaissance (Elaine Velie, Hyperallergic)
Archaeology and science meet art in understanding Renaissance iconography.
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10, 2023
Hidden paintings (Kenneth Chang, New York Times)
How hyperspectral cameras allow new secrets in old paintings to surface.
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07, 2023
Syncopated synapses (Jon Hamilton, NPR)
How the arts help us think and create.
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07, 2023
Pizza at Pompeii? (Farrell Monaco, BBC Travel)
Finding flatbread in the buried city.