As suggested in the previous blog ‘Forgotten Women in Art History’ there were women prodigies and woman geniuses in all categories of study. They were often neglected in the history of man. Intelligence is gender neutral. Early Greeks and Romans recognized and recorded the ability of women, but mostly in poetry and on occasions in…
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Putting Two and Two Together :: Go Figure Closing Talks
Don’t miss “Putting Two & Two Together”, the closing event of our dual show “Go Figure: Art About Mankind and Mind”. WHO: J. D. Sage {my Dad} and Kevin Burns, two artists who are also scientists, will each give a TED-style talk about dual themes of their individual works. Birgit and Luis will serve dual…
Rare milestone in history of science sells for more than £350,000 at Bonhams Book Sale
LONDON – A rare first edition of Robert Boyle’s The Sceptical Chymist, a milestone in the history of chemistry, sold at Bonhams, London on 25 March 2015 for £362,500. It had been estimated at £50,000-70,000. article via ArtDaily | featured image: It is the first book that combined chemistry with physics and paved the way for the work of…
indonesian cave art may be world’s oldest
A new study dates these Indonesian handprints to at least 40,000 years old article by Ann Gibbons | 8 October 2014 | Science Magazine | featured image via Independent UK The world’s oldest cave art may not lie in Europe but rather halfway around the globe in Indonesia, according to a new study of the long-known art. But some…
theories of both time and space
MetaForms and MetaNudes etcetera, by author JD SAGE, was written as an art piece to document and address the use of transformations, numbers, symbols and the element of time in art. AUDIENCE Educated laypersons interested in art history, the application of mathematics to art and how the arts and sciences interface. Computer artists. Scientists and mathematicians with an…
the god of colors: researchers shed new light on artist albrecht dürer
Almost 500 years after the death of Albrecht Dürer, new details about the mysterious life of the Renaissance painter are coming to light. To uncover the secrets of his brilliant works, researchers have used X-rays and infrared cameras, uncovering information even about the sex life of the art world’s first international star. With his wavy hair…