Open Heritage – Explore iconic locations in 3D, discover the tools of digital preservation, and download the collection. Heritage preservation around the world. 54 sites that are digitally preserved and downloadable. 54 sites that are digitally preserved and downloadable.
The Mapping Gothic France project was initiated by Stephen Murray, Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University and Andrew Tallon, Assistant Professor of Art at Vassar College and funded through the generosity of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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With careers spanning decades, these stand-up veterans all have their own ways of keeping it fresh.
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Today Is The 500th Anniversary Of Leonardo’s Birth – Why His Ideas Still Resonate
Twenty-first-century scholars at MIT ranked him the sixth most influential person who ever lived. Like Rembrandt and Michelangelo, he is so renowned that he is known by only his first name. Yet despite his fame, there are things about Leonardo that many people today find surprising. – The Conversation
Why Some Writers Reject Writing On Computers
The reason these writers choose old-school tools is that when it comes to writing, computers are too efficient and make changing things too easy, and this ease can slow things down. Writing by hand allows writers who pen their drafts to proceed in a linear fashion rather than continually being tempted to rearrange words on the screen before they know precisely where the story is going. – Quartz