Tagged: Humanities

William Blake’s ‘The Tyger’

April 1, 2013 at 9:10 am

Relating to CC202′s study of Blake’s work, here is an image from ‘The Tyger’      

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Postcards to the Core: from Paris

December 3, 2010 at 2:47 pm

Dear Core, Hola! I am on a mini-break from Paris, in Madrid right now, where I had the treat of spending the day in the Prado. Velázquez and Goya close up are really an experience. I never really “got” the singular appeal of Las meninas or The 2nd of May until I was there, in [...]

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‘A Faustian bargain’: on the value of the humanities

November 15, 2010 at 2:07 pm

Perhaps my own background will interest you. I started out as a classics major. I’m now Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry. Of all the courses I took in college and graduate school, the ones that have benefited me the most in my career as a scientist are the courses in classics, art history, sociology, and [...]

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A new dimension in Van Gogh’s paintings

September 23, 2010 at 4:16 pm

Over at the Artcyclopedia, edited by John Malyon, a new slideshow has appeared, showcasing versions of 12 paintings by Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh which have been digitally manipulated to look like photos of three-dimensional models. In tilt-shift photography, a special lens is used which lends the illusion that a photo is of a [...]

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