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Archaeologists in Pompeii Find Fresco of Narcissus in ‘Extraordinary’ Condition – The New York Times

Archaeologists in Pompeii Find Fresco of Narcissus in ‘Extraordinary’ Condition Archaeologists in Pompeii Find Fresco of Narcissus in ‘Extraordinary’ Condition – The New York Times

Stitching an Image of the Human Cost of Crossing the US Border

Detail from TUCSON SECTOR 2012-2013 (183 deaths) made by Jennifer Eschedor of Tucson, Arizona, part of the Migrant Quilt Project (all images by the Sarah Rose Sharp for Hyperallergic) Stitching an Image of the Human Cost of Crossing the US Border

Street Artist JR Installs Powerful Artwork Along Mexican Border Wall

A 19th-Century Guide to Euclid’s Geometry Reborn as an Interactive Site

Screenshot from “Byrne’s Euclid” designed by Nicholas Rougeux (courtesy Nicholas Rougeux) A 19th-Century Guide to Euclid’s Geometry Reborn as an Interactive Site

Stuck at Your Desk? Here Are 11 Remarkable, Out-of-the-Way Works of Land Art You Can Easily Visit on Google Maps

EPOCH on Vimeo

EPOCH Film and Sound design by Kevin McGloughlin Selected images : Google Earth Audio Samples : Nasa instagram.com/kevinmcgloughlin_gram/ Director Statement. Epoch is a visual representation of our connection to earth and it’s vulnerable glory. Our time here is esoteric, limited and intangible. The fragility which exists in all aspects of life is one thing thatContinue reading “EPOCH on Vimeo”

The Watercolour World Documents the Planet Before Photography

Maria Sibylla Merian, “Untitled (Toucan)” (c.1701–1705), from an album entitled Merian’s Drawings of Surinam Insects (© Trustees of the British Museum) The Watercolour World Documents the Planet Before Photography

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A study found that 85% of artists in U.S. museum collections are white, and 87% are male.

19th-Century Scientific Illustrations by Ernst Haeckel Marry Art & Science

The Posters That Warned Against “the Horrors of a World With Women’s Rights”