Tag: Picture in 500 Words
Why Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgment’ endures
Virginia Raguin, College of the Holy Cross
Michelangelo’s fresco of “The Last Judgment,” covering the wall behind the altar...
Signatures meant more in Mesopotamia than they do now − what...
Serdar Yalçin, Macalester College
The earliest form of the signature came from ancient Iraq in the form of cylinder...
How Dorothea Tanning’s ‘Birthday’ painting challenged male-dominated surrealism
Sally Jane Brown, West Virginia University
When American artist Dorothea Tanning painted “Birthday” in 1942, she announced her arrival...
EXPLORING NATURE
Polymers from earth can make cement more climate-friendly
Alcina Johnson Sudagar, Washington University in St. Louis
Concrete is all around you – in the foundation of your...
