How the humanities nurture tech, and vice versa
Interviewing Sylvester Johnson, Kluge Chair in Science and Technology, on the humanities' future with technology.
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11, 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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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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01, 2024
Humanities and the cloud of unknowing (Agnes Callard, New York Times)
Whether defending the humanities misses their essence.
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11, 2023
Prehistoric Renaissance (Elaine Velie, Hyperallergic)
Archaeology and science meet art in understanding Renaissance iconography.
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08, 2023
Aztecs, Elizabethans, and the Looking Glass (S. Campbell, E. Healey, Y. Kuzman, M.D. Glascock, Antiquity)
Science broadens our understanding of global influences in the late Renaissance.
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06, 2023
Roman legacy (Heritage Daily – Archaeology News)
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 [...]
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04, 2023
Chatbot, chatbot, on the wall (Salk News)
The chatbot reflects the personality of the questioner.
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03, 2023
Moving beyond the two cultures
Reflecting on how the two cultures lead to a Dantean limit governed by Love.