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Recreating the Face of a Neolithic DogApril 18, 2019 at 11:39 AM Built upon one of 24 dog skulls excavated in 1901 from Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn in Scotland’s Orkney Islands, this facial recreation reveals the appearance of domesticated canines roughly 4,500 years ago. The recreation—commissioned by Historic Environment Scotland and National Museum of Scotland—aimed to draw further attention to the close relationship between Neolithic humans and dogs. It was achieved by way of a 3D-printed model …Tags: Science, Design, Dogs, Scotland, Animals, Tech, History, Archeology, Linkaboutit, Orkney Islands, National Museum of Scotland, Neolithic Age, Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn 24 people like this. Like How Leonardo da Vinci Drew an Accurate Satellite Map of an Italian City (1502)April 16, 2019 at 6:37 AM  Tags: Google, Art, Europe, Math, Maps, College, History, Vox, Carl Sagan, Facebook Twitter, Leonardo, Leonardo da Vinci, Josh Jones, Borgia, Imola, Vitruvius 95 people like this. Like Spy Planes Spot Ancient Archaeological SitesApril 15, 2019 at 11:34 AM Using images taken by American U-2 spy planes between 1959 and 1972, researchers and archaeologists have been able to uncover archaeological sites in the Middle East that have since been developed over. Though only the final five years worth of photographs are of a high enough resolution to decipher, pre-urban sprawl imagery presented scenes of 5,000 to 8,000 stone structures with clarity. Read more about the …Tags: Photography, Design, Planes, Tech, History, Middle East, Archaeology, Linkaboutit, Space Archaeology, Spy Planes 14 people like this. Like Link About It: This Week’s PicksApril 13, 2019 at 9:04 AM The first-ever photo of a black hole, artwork-adorned Japanese currency, inspiration from Milan Design week and more First-Ever Photo of a Supermassive Black Hole Truly a quantum leap, astronomers have “seen the unseeable” and captured an image of a supermassive black hole—a “smoke ring framing a one-way portal to eternity,” Dennis Overbye writes for the New York Times. A planet-sized network of eight radio telescopes—called …Tags: Photography, Space, Science, Design, Environment, History, Furniture, Asteroids, Archeology, Black Holes, Self-driving, Linkaboutit, Dark Blue, Link About It, Milan Design Week, Verner Panton 1 people like this. Like Newly Discovered Species of Ancient HumanApril 12, 2019 at 1:28 PM Recently discovered in a cave in the Philippines, a previously unknown species of ancient human contradicts popular evolution theory. It seems that homo sapiens weren’t the only surviving species of humans a few thousand years ago—these tinier, tree-climbing species (aka homo luzonensis) dates back 50-67,000 years ago. A lot is still a mystery about these people though: how did they end up on Luzon, an …Tags: Science, Design, History, Culture, Philippines, Archaeology, Human, Linkaboutit, Cave, Ancient Human 2 people like this. Like When the Nazis Declared War on Expressionist Art (1937)April 9, 2019 at 1:22 PM  Tags: Google, Art, New York, Film, College, Germany, Nazis, Berlin, History, Bbc, Hitler, Moma, Burns, Facebook Twitter, Josh Jones, Adorno 86 people like this. Like Link About It: This Week’s PicksApril 6, 2019 at 9:03 AM Sleeping over at the Louvre, floating cities, what really happened to the dinosaurs and more from around the internet The UN’s Floating City Concept Presented by a group of designers, architects and engineers at a United Nations roundtable last week, this floating city could be the future of sustainable (and affordable) living. Built in a lily pad-like array of hexagonal platforms, nearly 10,000 citizens could …Tags: Gender, Space, Science, Design, Climate Change, Sex, History, Nasa, Mit, Vogue, United Nations, Dinosaurs, Un, Airbnb, Archeology, Louvre 43 people like this. Like Four-Legged Whale With Hooves Fossil DiscoveredApril 5, 2019 at 2:30 PM A 140-foot whale fossil has been discovered off the coast of Peru, only it’s unlike any other. This particular gigantic mammal would have been able to transition between land and sea with ease, thanks to its tail and four legs. Its webbed feet would have helped move underwater, but the bend in the limbs suggests that the creature could move just as well on land. …Tags: Science, Design, Animals, History, Culture, Peru, Archaeology, Evolution, Whales, Fossil, Linkaboutit 32 people like this. Like One Day in GenoaApril 5, 2019 at 5:50 AM By Walter Sanders They Say Genova. We Say Genoa. My previous experience in Genoa was in the airport in 1999 to attend a Financial Services Congresso (Conference) in nearby Portofino. I recall the view from the car window upon leaving the airport as uninspiring: a mixed bag of grungy industrial sites, grim housing, busy highways. […]Tags: Travel, Art, Lifestyle, History, People, Culture, Architecture, Language, Columbus, Genoa, Liguria, Miscellany, Renzo Piano, Portofino, Medieval Italy, Italian regions 37 people like this. Like The First American Picture Book, Wanda Gág’s Millions of Cats (1928)April 2, 2019 at 12:57 PM  Tags: Google, Art, Books, College, History, K-12, Literature, Charles Dickens, Hayao Miyazaki, Ucla, Edward Gorey, Facebook Twitter, Pete, Greenwich Village, Josh Jones, Durham NC Follow 80 people like this. Like Newly Discovered Evidence Confirms the Sudden Demise of DinosaursApril 1, 2019 at 3:34 PM In the excavated terrain of the Hell Creek geological formation, an archaeologist named Robert DePalma made a discovery. The theory that dinosaurs met their demise at the impact of a planet-rattling meteor is generally uncontested, but some researchers felt they were doomed well before the day it hit. Dinosaur fossils are never found less than nine feet below the layer of soot—known as the “KT …Tags: Science, Design, History, Culture, Archaeology, Dinosaurs, Linkaboutit, Meteorite, Hell Creek, Robert DePalma 39 people like this. Like Killer Rabbits in Medieval Manuscripts: Why So Many Drawings in the Margins Depict Bunnies Going BadMarch 29, 2019 at 4:00 AM  Tags: Google, Art, Books, Comedy, College, History, Monty Python, Seoul, David Lynch, Christ, Facebook Twitter, Colin Marshall, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 21st Century Los Angeles, Jon Kaneko James, Kaneko James 345 people like this. Like The Venice Time Machine: 1,000 Years of Venice’s History Gets Digitally Preserved with Artificial Intelligence and Big DataMarch 27, 2019 at 10:00 AM  Tags: Google, Art, Technology, College, Berlin, History, Rome, Architecture, Paris, Amsterdam, Venice, Archives, TED Talks, Time Machine, Abbott, Facebook Twitter 148 people like this. Like New Archive Digitizes 80,000 Historic Watercolor Paintings, the Medium Through Which We Documented the World Before PhotographyMarch 26, 2019 at 7:00 AM  Tags: Google, Art, UK, College, India, History, Britain, Archives, Mount Everest, Facebook Twitter, Josh Jones, Mount Vesuvius, Durham NC Follow, Dale Berning Sawa, Watercolour World, Fred Hohler 128 people like this. Like Reconsidering the period room as a museum-made objectMarch 21, 2019 at 8:30 AM  Tags: Europe, Books, Design, Featured, History, Art History, Arts & Humanities, History Museum, Pixabay, Art & Architecture, History of art, Art Museums, Paul Ricoeur, Art Spaces, JDH, European Art 54 people like this. Like The Forbes Pigment CollectionMarch 19, 2019 at 8:36 AM How do you know for sure if your carefully-recreated 18th-century paint would fool pass muster as art dealers a legitimate recreation long enough to get away with it? of the authentic originals? Tom Scott visits the Forbes Pigment Collection.
The Forbes Pigment Collection at the Harvard Art Museums is a collection of pigments, binders, and other art materials for researchers to use as standards: so they can tell originals from restorations from forgeries. It's not open to the public, because ...Tags: Art, Video, News, Color, History, Chemistry, Tom Scott, Harvard Art Museums 14 people like this. Like Discover the Great Medieval Manuscript, the Book of Kells, in a Free Online CourseMarch 12, 2019 at 1:20 PM  Tags: Google, Art, Facebook, College, History, Ireland, Online Courses, Facebook Twitter, Trinity College Dublin, Kells, Bibliothèque Nationale de France 97 people like this. Like The Roman Roads of Spain & Portugal Visualized as a Subway Map: Ancient History Meets Modern Graphic DesignMarch 12, 2019 at 4:00 AM  Tags: Google, Facebook, Design, College, Spain, History, Rome, Portugal, Seoul, Iberia, Facebook Twitter, Roman Empire, Colin Marshall, Antoninus, Sasha Trubetskoy, Trubetskoy 90 people like this. Like Uncle Nearest Whiskey Honors a Forgotten HistoryMarch 6, 2019 at 4:40 PM Led by CEO Fawn Weaver, the young brand tells an important story in the development of US distillation Bucking the misconception that whiskey has historically been a Caucasian craft, Uncle Nearest appeared on shelves in 2017 with a new narrative: Jack Daniel wasn’t actually taught how to make whiskey by his white preacher, but rather a slave that worked on the preacher’s property, Nathan “Nearest” Green. …Tags: Design, Interviews, Alcohol, Race, US, History, Tennessee, Whiskey, Food + Drink, Jack Daniels, Jack Daniel, Fawn Weaver, Distillation, Nearest Green, Uncle Nearest 8 people like this. Like The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized & Put OnlineMarch 6, 2019 at 1:59 PM  Tags: Google, Art, Europe, Books, College, History, Ireland, Middle East, Dublin, Iona, County Meath, North Africa, Moss, Facebook Twitter, Ryan, Trinity College Dublin 140 people like this. Like Ancient Phallic Graffiti Wasn’t For LaughsMarch 5, 2019 at 10:17 AM A very familiar symbol has been discovered near Hadrian’s Wall (aka Hadrian’s Wall) in Cumbria, England—only this one dates back to 207 AD. The penis-shaped drawing isn’t just juvenile scribbling, however. According to archeologists from Newcastle University, these images are common and used to adorn doorways, walls and jewelry during the Roman Era (753 BC to 476 AD) and symbolized good fortune—and power. “Phallus graffiti, …Tags: England, Design, History, Culture, Archaeology, Graffiti, Newcastle University, Roman, Cumbria England, Hadrian, Phallic, Roman Era 17 people like this. Like Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda Perform the Earliest Version of Hamilton at the White House, Six Years Before the Play Hit the Broadway Stage (2009)March 4, 2019 at 7:00 AM  Tags: Google, Music, Politics, Obama, College, White House, New York City, Theatre, America, History, Broadway, James Earl Jones, Dc, Miranda, George Stephanopoulos, Dick Cheney 51 people like this. Like Italian Artist Recreates Famous Roman Emperors Through His Realistic SculpturesMarch 2, 2019 at 9:26 AM What’s the first thought that comes to mind when you think about Rome? Perhaps it’s the iconic ancient Roman gladiatorial arena – the Colosseum, or an excavated heart of the Roman Empire also known as Roman Forum, which was the center of day-to-day life in Rome many centuries ago. And although Rome has all the right to boast about its architectural heritage, today’s topic is not about that.
SourceTags: Design, History, Rome, Roma, Recreation, Emperor, Sculptures, Roman Empire, Realistic what i'm reading: solitary raven: the essential writings of bill reidFebruary 27, 2019 at 10:51 PM  Tags: Travel, Art, London, Americas, Toronto, History, Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Vancouver, North America, Cbc, Picasso, Jackie Robinson, Robert Bringhurst, Reid, Haida Gwaii 133 people like this. Like The mystery behind Minoan bull-leapingFebruary 27, 2019 at 3:17 PM  Tags: Art, France, Sports, Spain, History, Innovation, University of Pennsylvania, Archeology, Crete, Knossos, Ancient World, Minoans, Jeremy McInerney 68 people like this. Like The NASA Archives. 60 Years in Space.February 26, 2019 at 6:37 AM To celebrate the organization’s first 60 years in space, The NASA Archives features 400+ photographs and rare renderings—spanning the moon landing, rovers on Mars and more. Launched in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was the world’s first civilian space agency with a focus on peaceful exploration—despite it being founded as part of the Space Race. With notes from science and tech journalists, NASA historians, …Tags: Books, Photography, Space, Science, Design, Photo Books, History, Nasa, Reading, Mars, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Archives 4 people like this. Like “Robert Mapplethorpe: Choreography for an exhibition” at Museo Madre, NaplesFebruary 20, 2019 at 12:30 PM Classic art juxtaposed with the iconic photographer's work in a show that explores human form Symmetry was one of beloved photographer Robert Mapplethorpe‘s obsessions. Now, 30 years after his death, Mapplethorpe is celebrated with a major retrospective at NYC’s Guggenheim Museum and also in a smaller, more precious exhibition at the Museo Madre in Naples. Robert Mapplethorpe. Choreography for an Exhibition (curated by Laura Valente and Andrea Viliani) is focused …Tags: Art, Photography, Design, Exhibits, NYC, History, Dance, Culture, Italy, Nsfw, Exhibitions, Naples, Guggenheim Museum, Robert Mapplethorpe, MAPPLETHORPE, Choreography 19 people like this. Like Famous Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci Celebrated in a New Series of StampsFebruary 18, 2019 at 4:00 AM  Tags: Google, Art, UK, College, History, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Royal Mail, Cardiff, Belfast, Seoul, Bhutan, San Francisco Bay Area, Kate Brown, Facebook Twitter, Sparta 142 people like this. Like To My Dream Exhibit – A Sonnet to Celebrate Valentine’s DayFebruary 14, 2019 at 8:00 AM Valentine’s Day has got to be one
of the strangest holidays ever. From its dark origins in Roman history to modern
day celebrations, it has come a long way. Most people associate this day of
romance with Saint Valentine, who was martyred for marrying Christian couples
in the 3rd century. While it feels like a bit of a stretch to
associate this selfless act with the modern-day concept of gifting material
goods on Valentine’s Day, you have to admit that is pretty romantic.
In fact, we possibly ...Tags: Design, London, Exhibits, History, Experience, Museum, Other, William Shakespeare, Fun Stuff, Valentine, Dartmouth College, Orleans, Geoffrey Chaucer, Chaucer, Taylor Studios, Valentine’s Day Women Who Pioneered Automotive Interior DesignFebruary 11, 2019 at 4:55 PM A progressive hiring spree (at least, for the 1950s) by GM actively sought out women to design the interiors for all of the brands under their umbrella. The women, who held degrees from some of the country’s top design schools and worked internationally prior to being hired, faced sexism but their work pushed forward design as well as women’s positions in the workplace. The team …Tags: Gender, Design, History, Equality, Gm, Interiors, Linkaboutit, Automotive Design 31 people like this. Like |
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