Painting the unfamiliar: Why the first European paintings of Australian animals look so alien to our eyes
In 1772, Joseph Banks commissioned the foremost painter of animals in England, George Stubbs, to paint a dingo and a kangaroo.
In 1772, Joseph Banks commissioned the foremost painter of animals in England, George Stubbs, to paint a dingo and a kangaroo.
Plants & Animals
Aug 21, 2023
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The restoration of artworks often involves solvents which have toxic properties. Now researchers have succeeded for the first time in creating a non-toxic and sustainable cleaning agent for paintings.
Biochemistry
Aug 17, 2023
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Stanford University scientists have invented a new kind of paint that can keep homes and other buildings cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter, significantly reducing energy use, costs, and greenhouse gas emissions.
Materials Science
Aug 14, 2023
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The calls of owls come to me most nights through the open window of my bedroom. Mostly it is the soft, repeated, rhythmic "more … pork, more … pork" of a pair of boobooks.
Plants & Animals
Aug 7, 2023
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The urge to draw images in sand, or create sand sculptures, seems to be irresistible, as a walk on many a modern beach or dune surface will show. Sand is a vast canvas—and may have been used as one for far longer than people ...
Archaeology
Jul 20, 2023
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Portable chemical imaging technology can reveal hidden details in ancient Egyptian paintings, according to a study published July 12, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Philippe Martinez of Sorbonne University, France ...
Archaeology
Jul 13, 2023
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Communicating science to a general audience can be challenging. Successfully conveying research on polarizing topics such as climate change can be even more difficult.
Environment
Jul 8, 2023
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One-horned creatures are found in myths around the world. Although unicorns in different cultures have little to do with one another, they have multiple associations in European thought.
Archaeology
Jun 24, 2023
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Danish painters in the 19th century may have turned to an unusual source for some of their supplies: breweries.
Other
May 24, 2023
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Conservators and curators from the Art Gallery of New South Wales have used an advanced imaging technique at the Australian Synchrotron to gain more information about an underpainting in a famous Renaissance portrait of Cosimo ...
Archaeology
Apr 14, 2023
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