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Leonardo da Vinci and dental anatomy. [PDF]
J Anat, 2022 Leonardo da Vinci, the Renaissance polymath, conducted detailed anatomical studies. His anatomical drawings and notes address the human dental formula, describe the morphology of the different types of teeth, and highlight the relationship between tooth shape and function.
Schuez I, Alt KW.
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Before Mnemosyne: Wilhelmine Cultural History Exhibitions and the Genesis of Warburg's Picture Atlas. [PDF]
Ber WissAbstract Aby Warburg's Bilderatlas Mnemosyne, left unfinished in 1929, has attracted significant interest in recent decades. This essay offers a new interpretation of Warburg's “picture atlas,” not in relation to modernist collage and photomontage, but as an heir to scientific pedagogical exhibitions of the late Wilhelmine period.
Vollgraff M.
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Pre-industrial Use of Bauxite by Late Gothic Goldsmith Masters: Analytical Evidence and Experimental Study. [PDF]
ChempluschemFirst analytical evidence and replication of yet undescribed substantial change in gilding technology in the early modern period ‐ the replacement of imported red clay (bole) with locally available bauxite. Proof of its source ‐ Croatian Minjera, according to a unique find of mineral diaspore.
Hradil D +3 more
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Mit dem Kreidestift und Farben: Revolutionizing Grünewald in the German Democratic Republic
Art History, Volume 46, Issue 2, Page 310-343, April 2023., 2023 In 1952, the director of East Berlin's Märkisches Museum discovered three drawings by Matthias Grünewald pasted into a Luther Bible. This remarkable find set off a fascinating tale of art‐historical espionage, but also served as a generative moment for the construction of the well‐worn cliché of Grünewald as a revolutionary and peasant sympathizer.
Tamara Golan
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What Is Pedagogy? Discovering the Hidden Pedagogical Dimension
Educational Theory, Volume 73, Issue 1, Page 6-28, February 2023., 2023 Abstract What is pedagogy, exactly? Merriam‐Webster defines it simply as “the art, science, or profession of teaching.” In contemporary academic discourse, however, pedagogy is generally left undefined — with its apparent implicit meanings ranging anywhere from a specific “model for teaching” (e.g., behaviorist or progressivist instruction) to a ...
Norm Friesen, Hanno Su
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People and Nature, Volume 4, Issue 6, Page 1560-1574, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Online image repositories can offer a freely accessible, information‐rich and cost‐effective alternative to museum collections for studying long‐term changes in human interactions with nature and ecological and evolutionary change. The Rhino Resource Center (RRC) is one example, curated by experts and holding a collection of >4000 rhino images,
Oscar E. Wilson +3 more
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(Neuro)Aesthetics: Beauty, ugliness, and ethics
PsyCh Journal, Volume 11, Issue 5, Page 619-627, October 2022., 2022 Abstract The objective of this essay is a holistic view of aesthetics, ethics, and neuroaesthetics. After a few introductory case studies, aesthetics is systematically introduced as a philosophical subdiscipline. This perspective is then expanded from aesthetics to neuroaesthetics.
Philip Dietrich, Thomas Knieper
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Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 505-515, September 2022., 2022 Summary Iris junonia Schott & Kotschy ex Schott, a wonderfully scented tall bearded iris, is illustrated; its ecology is described and its relationship to other bearded irises is discussed.
Martyn Rix +4 more
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Crossing the Line: Cristóbal de Villalpando and the Surplus of Script
Art History, Volume 45, Issue 2, Page 308-341, April 2022., 2022 In 1706 Cristóbal de Villalpando signed a painting with an unusual, intensive calligraphic flourish, and sent it from Mexico City far to the north. This essay describes Villalpando's decision to invest so much pictorial energy in letterforms against this geographic backdrop.
Aaron M. Hyman
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From Dürer's Magic Square to Klumpenhouwer Tesseracts: On Melencolia (2013) by Philippe Manoury
Music Analysis, Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 145-182, March 2022., 2022 ABSTRACT Many Western art music composers have taken advantage of tabulated data for nourishing their creative practices, particularly since the early twentieth century. The arrival of atonality and serial techniques was crucial to this shift. Among the authors dealing with these kinds of tables, some have considered the singular mathematical ...
José L. Besada +2 more
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