How the humanities nurture tech, and vice versa: an interview with Prof. Sylvester Johnson, Library of Congress Kluge Chair in Science and Technology. Humanities Watch recently sat down with Sylvester Johnson to ask him his thoughts on ways he sees the synergy between the humanities and technology in our society. Johnson is [...]
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 [...]
How an art historian and a geologist discovered the location of Mona Lisa.
The changing face of sun and moon as eclipse in Renaissance art.
How we develop neural pathways of memory from birth.
Whether defending the humanities misses their essence.
Archaeology and science meet art in understanding Renaissance iconography.
Roman legacy: the seaside science of ancient concrete. From the article: Around A.D. 79, Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote in his Naturalis historia that concrete structures in harbors, exposed to the constant assault of the saltwater wave, become "a single stone mass, impregnable to the waves and every day stronger." He wasn’t exaggerating. While [...]
The chatbot reflects the personality of the questioner.
Reflecting on how the two cultures lead to a Dantean limit governed by Love.
