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Nuclear physicists are using accelerated ion beams to pinpoint the age and origin of material used in pottery, painting, metalwork and other art. 
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Leonard Bosgraaf, Ph.D., Molecular Shots, Inc, of Groningen, The Netherlands, for "Firing Neurons," a movie created entirely by computer animation.
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Two masks found in a grave during excavations in the central Anatolian province of Eskişehir’s Şarhöyük-Dorylaion Necropolis site are expected to shed light on ancient culture. The masks date back to 1 A.D.
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Directed by David Parker Carlos Veron: Cinematographer Kevin Zimmerman: Editor Ritu Paramesh: Producer The Mill NY Colorist: Damien Van Der Cruyssen Producer: Cat Gulacsy 3d Artist: Navdeep Singh, Thomas Bardwell, Joshua Merck MassMarket NY...
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Our findings support the idea that when people make aesthetic judgements, they are subject to a variety of influences. Not all of these are immediately articulated. Indeed, some may be inaccessible to direct introspection but their presence might be revealed by brain imaging. It suggests that different regions of the brain interact together when a complex judgment is formed, rather than there being a single area of the brain that deals with aesthetic judgements.
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When it comes to art, only the real deal will do, according to a study into fake paintings. Oxford University academics found that the brain responds differently to artwork depending on whether it is said to be authentic, or merely a good imitation. The findings show that reaction to art is "not rational" as the viewer reacts to what they are told about a piece of work - regardless of whether it truly is genuine.
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Why does art move us? Why does it matter? The answers are not likely to be found by studying the brain.
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Neuroarchaeology is an important part of my future project that I am trying to outline. Part of that project will deal with Maya iconography from a non-representational perspective. Maya iconograph...
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Using a new technology known as optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), a team of Belgian scientists and Professor John Coleman Darnell of Yale have determined that Egyptian petroglyphs found at the east bank of the Nile are about 15,000 years old, making them the oldest rock art in Egypt and possibly the earliest known graphic record in North Africa.
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Purpose: The primitive anthropological meaning of genital ornamentation is not clearly defined and the origin of penile intervention for decorative purposes is lost in time. Corporeal decoration was practiced in the Upper Paleolithic period. We discuss the existing evidence on the practice of phallic piercing, scarring and tattooing in prehistory.
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Using a new technology known as optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), a team of Belgian scientists and Professor John Coleman Darnell of Yale have determined that Egyptian petroglyphs found at the ...
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In 1944, a bombing raid almost completely destroyed an enormous Padua church fresco that dated back to the Renaissance and had once been admired by Goethe.
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Researchers examined small quantities of red material on well-preserved flint and bones dug up from an archaeological site in Maastricht in the Netherlands. Via ramblejamble
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"Perhaps scientists should study the humanities. Scientists should study language to better communicate scientific results and implications especially to non-scientists.
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Being told that a work of art is authentic or fake alters the brain's response to the visual content of artwork, academics have found.
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Architectural Projection Mapping is a relatively new art form, but it may give fireworks shows a run for their money in the outdoor nighttime entertainment department. Using 3-D effects, motion graphics and choreographed music video artists are able to transform the surfaces of buildings and objects into unique, giant canvases for their animations. The effect can be stunning. Here we've collected some of our favorite examples. Enjoy!
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French archaeologists have discovered an extremely rare example of a neolithic "earth mother" figurine on the banks of the river Somme.
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October 12, 2013 7:36 AM
The webpage of Archaeology News Network, Writes about a discovery of French archaeologists tumble cross a rare neolithic "earth mother" figurine on the banks of the river Somme.(by Tann,) 
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This 6,000 year old figurine was found by the banks of Somme. The figurine depicts a woman and has taken on the name of "Lady of Villers-Carbonne". Some Neolithic experts guess that it is a figurine of a fertility goddess. The find was rare since most Neolithic findings have been found in Southern Europe while this was discovered in Northern Europe.
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Manliness, Mansfield tells us in his book with that title, refers to the "spirited" (thumotic) part of the soul that Plato was very careful to distinguish from the soul's rational and desiring parts. So the fact of manliness is one reason we can turn to Plato to remember that we're not minds or bodies or even a mixture of the two. We human beings are some third entity that refuses to be reduced to either mind or body.
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Reading Shakespeare could give physicians a fresh insight into the links between emotion and illness, a retired doctor and scholar believes.
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"There can be no satisfactory theory of aesthetics that is not neurobiologically based" Semir Zeki...
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The real debate in the arts is, are there criteria for art that could be persuasive in a democratic society to induce a society to support it? Is there some objective way of saying 'Well, a Beethoven symphony, a Wagner opera, a Debussy nocturne - those are superior to something else - that certain buildings, certain painters, certain sculptures are understood as critically superior to things that are of the same type, but not as good? Is there a hierarchy of goodness? Is there some true value to our judgments about art? Is it reasonable to say 'That just isn’t art' or 'that's bad art?'"
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The archaeology of astronomy is contentious at the best of times, but the Palaeolithic is a particularly difficult period to study, because the remains are so fragmentary and few in number. So to put this in context we need to know when the Upper Palaeolithic is.
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Research images from Princeton University's fifth 'Art of Science' competition – whose theme is 'intelligent design' -- are now available for viewing in an online gallery: http://www.princeton.edu/artofscience/gallery2011/...
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http://www.ted.com Artist Nathalie Miebach takes weather data from massive storms and turns it into complex sculptures that embody the forces of nature and t...
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