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For centuries, men prevented women from writing music. These classical composers broke with social norms and made their mark on history.
Paintings played an important role in these ancient civilizations. Unfortunately, pigment is not nearly as durable as marble.
Moments of social anxiety around truth tend to be accompanied by similar “fool the eye” pop culture phenomena.
Frank Slater’s book "Practical Portrait Painting" reveals the secrets of masters old and new, from Leonardo da Vinci to Augustus John.
From Brahms to Tchaikovsky, here's a curated list of composers whose music has shaped the classical canon.
The gaze of another person can make us conceive of our body as an object.
People who visit Florence seem strangely susceptible to Stendhal syndrome, which is blamed on an overwhelming sense of awe.
Undiagnosed brain disease or divine inspiration? The origins of the French composer’s most provocative composition remain up for debate.
Just as storylines make sense only when you have the context of the beginning and the end, listeners need to understand the impetus for why the album was even made.
The most technically impressive feats of animation often strike us as eerie instead of impressive, and it’s all thanks to the uncanny valley.
The singer-songwriter distilled the essence of the holidays into a hit song, and for her efforts she was crowned the Queen of Christmas.
Released in 1972, "Ways of Seeing" has proven to be as worthy of study as the artistic traditions it investigates.
Why does hearing sad music feel so good?
Using DNA from samples of extinct flowers, synthetic biologists managed to approximate long-lost floral scents.
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Propaganda urges you to mobilize towards something while concealing from you things that you reasonably should think and consider.