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In 1760, Laurence Sterne published The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, one of literature's strangest early novels. Sterne constantly experimented with what a printed book could do. The novel contains a completely black page...

Buying a ready-made tube of paint is relatively modern convenience. Historically, artists and their workshops often had much greater responsibility for turning raw materials into usable artistic supplies. Pigments could need to be ground and...

A canvas doesn't always contain only the picture visible on its surface. Artists sometimes reused supports or painted over earlier compositions. Modern technologies such as X-rays and X-ray fluorescence imaging can reveal elements of those...

When we look at a centuries-old painting, we aren't necessarily seeing its original colors. Many historical pigments can fade, darken, or chemically change over time. Some pigments made from plant or animal extracts can bleach when exposed to...

More than 4,000 years ago, a woman named Enheduanna lived in ancient Mesopotamia. She was a high priestess and composed religious poetry and hymns in Sumerian. Her writings are particularly important because she is widely regarded as the...

Close relationships can blur the psychological boundary between “me” and “you.” Researchers describe this through the inclusion of other in the self. As intimacy develops, people can begin incorporating aspects of their partner's perspectives...

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