The Louvre said Thursday it has teamed up with Nintendo to hand out 3D game consoles to guide visitors through its vast art collections, as part of a stepped up digital drive at the Paris museum.
Hi Tech & Innovation
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Combining the mathematics of digital image processing with the history, craftsmanship and science of art conservation, the Bass Connections Image Processing Algorithms for Art Conservation team spent last year working with ...
Software
Nov 21, 2017
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During the Later Stone Age in what is now Namibia, rock artists imbued so much detail into their engravings of human and animal prints that current-day Indigenous trackers could identify which animals' prints they were depicting, ...
Archaeology
Sep 13, 2023
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The Mäanderhöhle cave near Bamberg was previously regarded as an archaeological sensation. It was thought to contain some of the oldest cave art in Germany. However, Julia Blumenröther, a former student at Universität ...
Archaeology
May 12, 2016
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You've probably seen nature depicted in art, but how often do you see an artwork hiding in nature?
Plants & Animals
Mar 28, 2024
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New research led by the University of Central Lancashire and including the University of Southampton's Archeology Department has revealed, for the first time, how prehistoric indigenous American people created rock art as ...
Archaeology
Nov 24, 2020
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A U.S. professor who developed a laser to study melanoma has discovered a new use for it: uncovering what's underneath artwork without damaging the pieces.
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 4, 2013
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A recreation of three common types of Paleolithic lighting systems (torches, grease lamps, and fireplaces) illuminates how Paleolithic cave dwellers might have traveled, lived, and created in the depths of their caves, according ...
Archaeology
Jun 16, 2021
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The "most important Neolithic cup and ring marked rock art panel in Europe" is being unearthed for the first time in 50 years on the edge of a housing estate in Clydebank near Glasgow.
Archaeology
Sep 8, 2016
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In the art world, there is a gaping gender imbalance when it comes to male and female artists.
Social Sciences
Sep 5, 2022
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