Have a Creepy Little Christmas with These Unsettling Victorian Cards
Anthropomorphic cats, murderous frogs, and insects dancing by the moonlight aren’t exactly part of our Christmas card tradition today.
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New York’s Subway Map Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
The New York Subway Map is a perfect example of graphic design making peoples life easier. The last printshop I worked at printed them on a monthly basis. When I first started checking them for errors I could not help thinking...
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Thousands of medieval manuscripts now online in full color through digitization project
ARTICLE SUMMERY: There is something awe inspiring about the medieval illustrations and the graphic...
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Getty Publications Virtual Library
The Getty Museum has developed a program to share more than three hundred books in its Virtual...
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A philosopher argues that an AI can’t be an artist
Creativity is, and always will be, a human endeavor.
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The 130-Year-Old Paint Shop That Invented Oil Pastels for Picasso
Henri Sennelier, the grandson of Gustave, was approached by Pablo Picasso himself in 1948.
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The Most Downloaded Artworks From the Getty and Met Museum
Both the J. Paul Getty Trust and the Metropolitan Museum of Art have created online databases that...
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Remembering Nüshu, the 19th-Century Chinese Script Only Women Could Write
IN 1988, YI NIANHUA, A woman in her 80s, spent many evenings scribbling elegant characters at...
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How Printmaking Became Popular After the Great Depression
Prior to the Depression, owning fine art was beyond the reach of most Americans.
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3D-Printed Paintings Let The Blind “See” Famous Art For The First Time
The Unseen Art project wants blind and visually-impaired people to be able to enjoy classical art...
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Progress in Play: Board Games and the Meaning of History
The artists who designed them strove to attract the public eye and capture the public imagination,...
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The Psychology of Colour
Colours have powerful effects on human psychology.
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