Stories by prismatic

How the ‘art of the insane’ inspired surrealists and was twisted by the Nazis

On Diego Rivera

Paint by Numbers: How Roger de Piles tabulated artistic merit

German Ethnologist’s Copies of Art from Prehistoric Times (2016)

Does this medieval fresco show a hallucinogenic mushroom in the Garden of Eden?

The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons

Radioactive Lenses and Everything About Them

The Stealthy Politics of Urban Advertising

Impressions of Colors: On William Blake’s Monoprints

Picturing Scent: The Tale of a Beached Whale

Impressions of Colors: On William Blake’s Monoprints

Sun Glint, Bane of Scientists, Has a Silver Lining

Bringing Up Baby: Bones, Balls, and Butterflies

Stolen Picasso and Mondrian paintings found stashed in a ravine in Greece

Lewis Carroll’s Illustrations for “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground” (1864)

For literary novelists the past is pressing

Brigid Berlin, Andy Warhol’s Most Enduring Friend

The Soap Bubble Trope

The Unified Universe

The Impressionist Art of Seeing and Being Seen

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