The floors of Greek Bronze Age palaces were made of plaster that was often incised and painted with grids containing brightly colored patterns and/or marine animal figures.
Archaeology
Jan 3, 2014
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Happily hunched over his iPad, Britain's most celebrated living artist David Hockney is pioneering in the art world again, turning his index finger into a paintbrush that he uses to swipe across a touch screen to create vibrant ...
Other
Oct 27, 2013
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A newly published analysis of data from hundreds of soil samples from 31 properties around southern Rhode Island finds that the lead concentration in soil at the surface is not always a reliable indicator of the contamination ...
Environment
Sep 18, 2013
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In the basement of Madrid's Reina Sofia museum, a giant robotic machine painstakingly scans a painting by Catalan surrealist artist Joan Miro, slowly snapping hundreds of microscopic shots.
Robotics
Jul 24, 2013
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First impressions of experiences have a greater impact when consumers share the experience with others, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Social Sciences
Jun 18, 2013
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New research and detailed records of over 1,000 paintings have gone online as part of an ongoing project to research over 22,000 artworks held in public collections around the UK.
Other
Jun 7, 2013
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In remote caves of the Pyrenees, lie precious remnants of the Ice Age undisturbed: foot and hand prints of prehistoric hunters. The tracks have remained untouched for millennia and are in excellent condition. Dr. Tilman Lenssen-Erz ...
Archaeology
Jun 4, 2013
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An amazing glow-in-the-dark cockroach, a harp-shaped carnivorous sponge and the smallest vertebrate on Earth are just three of the newly discovered top 10 species selected by the International Institute for Species Exploration ...
Plants & Animals
May 23, 2013
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In the latest achievement in efforts to see what may lie underneath the surface of great works of art, scientists today described the first use of an imaging technology like that used in airport whole-body security scanners ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 10, 2013
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When it comes to judging art, beauty may not just be in the eye of the beholder, according to a study from the University of Leeds.
Social Sciences
Mar 4, 2013
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