
Maria Sibylla Merian: Artist, Scientist, Adventurer
Sarah B. Pomeroy and Jeyaraney Kathirithamby
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In 1660, at the age of thirteen, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) began her study of butterfly...

Practising the Real on the Contemporary Stage
Jose Antonio Sanchez and Charlie Allwood
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An analysis of reality and "the real" as presented in contemporary artistic creation, Practising the...

Islamic Architecture on the Move: Motion and Modernity
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Even a casual observer can spy traces of Islamic architecture and design on buildings all over the...

Art: The Whole Story
Stephen Farthing and Richard Cork
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If you've ever found yourself transfixed by a Renaissance painting, fascinated by an Inca textile,...

Android Dreams: The Past, Present and Future of Artificial Intelligence
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The development of thinking machines is an adventure as bold and ambitious as any that humans have...

The 1-Minute Artist: Learn to Draw Almost Anything in Six Easy Steps
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Turn "I can't draw" into "I can draw that in sixty seconds or less!" What can you do with one...