San Francisco Chronicle: Full article here ANGELA DOLAND, Associated Press, 07/16/10 The enigmatic smile remains a mystery, but French scientists say they have cracked a few secrets of the “Mona Lisa.” French researchers studied seven of the Louvre Museum’s Leonardo da Vinci paintings, including the “Mona Lisa,” to analyze the master’s use of successive ultrathin [...]
Archive of posts filed under the History category.
Old Masters and Modern Science
I do not post as much as I would like to these days, but do feel compelled to note this recent review by Michael Kimmelman in today’s New York Times, titled Old Masters and Modern Science. It looks at an exhibition at the National Gallery in London about the chemistry of painting. According to Kimmelman, [...]
Ann: Turning the Pages: Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus
The National Library of Medicine is proud to announce its next online Turning the Pages project featuring the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, the oldest surviving surgical text: http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/flash/smith/smith.html . The Smith Papyrus was written in Egyptian hieratic script around the 17th century BCE but probably based on material from a thousand years earlier. This collaborative [...]
Lecture: Leonardo da Vinci’s Science, Technology, and Art
The Getty Center | Harold M. Williams Auditorium | Date: Sunday, April 18, 2010 | Time: 3:00 p.m. | Admission: Free; reservations required. Call (310) 440-7300 or “Make Reservation” here. Jonathan Pevsner, professor of neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and scientific consultant to the Discovery Channel’s Doing DaVinci series, explores Leonardo’s wide-ranging [...]
Einstein’s Encounters with Mathematicians: The Swiss Years
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 • 6:00pm – 8:00pm • FREE event Speaker: David E. Rowe, PhD, Mainz University | Location: New York University More information It is well known that higher mathematics came to play a central role in Einstein’s general theory of relativity, even if he usually emphasized the importance of purely physical ideas [...]
Ann: ‘A History of Early Film’ – ‘A History of Pre Cinema’ – ‘A History of Television’ and much more
Early Visual Media is pleased to announce the important three volume set ‘A History of Early Film’ selected by Stephen Herbert. See http://www.visual-media.eu/publications_books_cinema.html
Article: Caravaggio: An Italian Anti-hero’s Time to Shine
When art history is on the front page of the New York Times, it is worth mentioning it here. This article, by Michael Kimmelman, argues that Michaelangelo has been bumped from his perch atop the Italian art charts by Caravaggio. Kimmelman cites a study by Philip Sohm presented at the College Art Association (CAA) meeting [...]
FYI: LEONARDO SCHOLARSHIP FOR MEDIA ART HISTORIES
The Department for Image Science (Danube University) and Leonardo/ISAST are pleased to announce their new cooperative effort, a half-tuition scholarship for the Master of Arts (MA) course in MediaArtHistories, with a start in May 2010!
Ann: Leonardo Reviews October 2009
Leonardo Reviews is pleased to announce the October 2009 postings at: http://leonardo.info/ldr.html (ISSN: 1559-0429) Creating Scientific Concepts <http://www.leonardo.info/reviews/oct2009/ione_creating.html> by Nancy Nersessian Reviewed by Amy Ione
Article: Angered UCLA faculty rallies to save arts library
UCLA is considering closing down its arts library and merging the collection with an existing facility because of an overall budget shortfall at the university. Article.
