News tagged with art
History in 3D
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Three-dimensional computer graphics is moving into museums. Works of art are being digitally archived in 3D, simplifying research into related artifacts and providing the public with fascinating ...
How Do We Perceive Art?
Sep 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Neuroscientists at the University of Leicester are to work with a renowned international artist in order to gain new insights into perception.
Artwork at hospitals can help in the healing process
Aug 21, 2009 |
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For most people, a word-association game starting with "hospital" would yield few positive adjectives. Bland. Drab. Depressing. Institutional. And studies have found that these aesthetic unpleasantries can affect patients' ...
Global stolen art database to trump traffickers
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Global police agency Interpol said on Monday it is putting its database of stolen art online in a bid to stem the illicit traffic of artwork and cultural goods.
The art of faking it: gallery puts forgeries on show
Jul 22, 2009 |
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The National Gallery in London will exhibit a collection of fake and wrongly-attributed paintings next year, in a show exploring how modern science has lifted the lid on centuries of forgery.
Britain's National Gallery offers its art on the iPhone
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Fans of fine art will be able to access some of their favourite paintings anywhere they choose through a new iPhone application launched Tuesday by the National Gallery in London.
Texas Tech Librarian 'Proves' Existence of Spider-Man
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Yes, Mary Jane, there is a Spider-Man. At least, that’s what pop-culture guru and associate humanities librarian for Texas Tech University Libraries Rob Weiner set out to prove in an article published in the International Jo ...
Worldwide report shows increase in assisted reproduction: 250,000 babies a year
May 27, 2009 |
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Assisted reproductive technology (ART) is responsible for an estimated 219,000 to 246,000 babies born each year worldwide according to an international study. The study also finds that the number of ART procedures is growing ...
Exhibition showcases the 'art of science'
May 14, 2009 |
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The online gallery for Princeton University's third Art of Science competition will go live Thursday, May 14, at noon EDT. An online site that allows members of the public to choose their favorite 2009 Art ...
Ivory sculpture in Germany could be world's oldest
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The 2008 excavations at Hohle Fels Cave in the Swabian Jura of southwestern Germany recovered a female figurine carved from mammoth ivory from the basal Aurignacian deposit. This figurine, ...
Was a 'mistress of the lionesses' a king in ancient Canaan?
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 06, 2009 |
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The legend is that the great rulers of Canaan, the ancient land of Israel, were all men. But a recent dig by Tel Aviv University archaeologists at Tel Beth-Shemesh uncovered possible evidence of a mysterious ...
Research to determine whether art is in the eye of the beholder
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the University of Manchester are to transform a leading art gallery into a laboratory to determine whether or not people experience art in the same way.
3-D printing hits rock-bottom prices with homemade ceramics mix
Mar 31, 2009 |
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This story is, literally, stone age meets digital age: University of Washington researchers are combining the ancient art of ceramics and the new technology of 3-D printing. Along the way, they are making ...
Social patents: Using online social networks to handle patent applications
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Experts in intellectual property and patents explain in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation how tools, such as online social networking could be used to eradicate the en ...
Just look: When it comes to art, viewing may be as satisfying as buying
Dec 15, 2008 |
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The experience of purchasing art shares much in common with viewing it in exhibits, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. Author Yu Chen (Oakland University) shows that visiting a gallery can provid ...
