Virtuous colours for Mary. Identification of lapis lazuli, smalt and cochineal in the Andean colonial image of Our Lady of Copacabana (Bolivia). [PDF]
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci, 2016 Tomasini EP +5 more
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More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gabriel Grisley, a German physician, came to Portugal and founded a garden near the Xabregas River in Lisbon, during the 1610s under the Spanish kings' rule. In view of the utility a botanic garden represented for the kingdom, he was able to obtain a royal privilege from King João IV during the Restauration War against the Spanish (1640–1668).
Ana Duarte Rodrigues
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
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Photoacoustic imaging reveals hidden underdrawings in paintings. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2017 Tserevelakis GJ +6 more
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The hunger artist and academic migration: On political depression and relational poverty
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This autoethnography presents fragments of an invisible life, an ordinary body navigating the terrain of ‘academic migration’ (2009–2025), from rejection as a PhD applicant to recognition as a high‐achieving graduate. Provoked by my recent pursuit of Fulbright Postdoctoral Award in the United States, I draw on Kafka's figure of the hunger ...
Dave Yan
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Marvels of illusion: illusion and perception in the art of Salvador Dali. [PDF]
Front Hum Neurosci, 2015 Martinez-Conde S +6 more
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Terrestrial Analogs to Titan for Geophysical Research
Reviews of Geophysics, Volume 64, Issue 2, June 2026.Abstract Saturn's moon Titan exhibits remarkable parallels to the Earth in many geophysical and geological processes not found elsewhere in the solar system at the present day. These include a nitrogen atmosphere with a condensible gas—methane—replacing the Earth's water, leading to an active meteorology with rainfall and surface manifestations ...
Conor A. Nixon +21 more
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Welcome to the Anthropozine! DIY Booklets as an Alternative to the Peer‐Reviewed Publication
American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 2, Page 416-423, June 2026.ABSTRACT Peer‐reviewed publications remain the most accepted form of knowledge production and distribution in academia today. But such formal publications are often deeply exclusionary, especially for undergraduate and early graduate students as well as scholars tackling highly stigmatized subjects.
Nicholas C. Kawa
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Deconstructing Barisanus' medieval casting technology based on digital twins. [PDF]
Sci RepAsmus B, Fera M, Mödlinger M.
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Competing English, Spanish, and French alabaster trade in Europe over five centuries as evidenced by isotope fingerprinting. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2017 Kloppmann W +9 more
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