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The essential element needed for innovation is creative dissonance — and the keys to unlocking it were forged by bankers in Italy.
You've certainly seen the paintings — but they don't depict what you think they do. Benjamin Moser discusses with Big Think.
'Six Persimmons,' an ink painting by the Chinese monk Mu Qi, has long been hailed as the poster child of Zen Buddhism. But is its reputation deserved?
We are wired to value things more when we work hard at attaining them — even if, objectively, they aren't worth that much.
See the world through the eyes of a horse — or a cake pan.
Using peach and eggplant emojis as shorthand for sex may seem like a new thing, but Renaissance artists were experts at using produce to imply intercourse.
The answer may lie in the power to see far, far beyond yourself.
In war zones, aggressors steal art to eradicate the cultural heritage of others. Victims, meanwhile, sell stolen art in order to survive.
Science and technology were making early modern Europe a better place to live, but at what cost?
Defamiliarization is a common tool in the arts. Here we learn how seeing things from a different angle can lead to billion-dollar success.
Pure cinema is about removing redundancy so that even the smallest detail serves a purpose in relation to the bigger picture.
Art isn't a side note in human history; it's the main text.
In Kannauj, perfumers have been making monsoon-infused mitti attar for centuries.
Voyage into the lawless world of experimental literature.
An X-ray offers a glimpse into the painter’s early years.
The strange case of cultured ultra-thief Stéphane Breitwieser — who claims “art is my drug” — has divided opinion. Is it Stendhal syndrome?
Probability, lacking solid theoretical foundations and burdened with paradoxes, was jokingly called the “theory of misfortune.”
Your whole body is part of the instrument.
A classical equivalent to Chanel No. 5.
A new book by historian and author Paul Strathern argues that the Northern European Renaissance has long been overlooked.
Rather than sending serial killer art to auctions, it should be sent to abnormal psychologists for research.
Man does not live by measurement alone.
John Templeton Foundation
How one man's divine dream became a poultry-shaped reality.
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This scientist made an algorithm to predict which artists succeed — all without even looking at their art.
Try writing a novel without using the letter "e."
Awe-inspiring moments can be found in our daily lives, and they have surprising benefits for our health and sense of well-being.
Pick up the paintbrush and get to work.
AI helped create films like "Jurassic Park" and "A.I.", so Steven Spielberg and other artists shouldn't worry about losing their jobs.
For Nietzsche, a great work of art can either veil the horror of reality or – better yet – help us face it.