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A Rare Look at Japan: Hand-Colored Images from the 1920s

A Rare Look at Japan: Hand-Colored Images from the 1920s

What Geisha parlors have to do with arranged marriages, Buddhist priests and earthquake recovery.

In The Wilds: Illustrating the Charm of the Countryside

In The Wilds: Illustrating the Charm of the Countryside

An antidote to urbanity by way of bails of hay, or what Irish quasi-postmen have to do with art.

BBC’s The Human Animal

BBC’s The Human Animal

What offensive Italian hand-gestures have to do with beauty and the evolution of sexuality.

The Music of Philip Glass, Visualized in Fractals

The Music of Philip Glass, Visualized in Fractals

What fractals have to do with classical music and the secret of Einstein’s genius.

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