From its earliest beginnings as a colonized territory, Louisiana has always been seen as a land apart. Its landscapes, tangled with vegetation and dense with waterways, were alternately viewed as ...

Does the depiction of the landscape in art influence our identities and inspire a general sense of humanity? This question is the foundation of the Fall 2023 Art and Architecture Senior Capstone ...

Prehistory-6th century. Cosmological landscapes -- Ancient gardens -- Landscape and architecture -- Genius loci -- 6th-15th centuries. Western Europe : walled minds, walled gardens -- Moorish Spain : ...

Maths is enabling a deeper dive into the evolution of artistic styles. Ancient artwork holds clues to past cultures, but even the most astute art historian would struggle to study thousands of ...

Past informs present, even an antique art object or the landscape of a long-defunct academy, Xin Conan-Wu would like her students to remember. This idea pervades her research and even more so her ...

A collaboration of ecologists and art historians has demonstrated that landscape paintings from more than 150 years ago can advance environmental science. An Oregon State University-led collaboration ...

Whether it's Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling, Andy Warhol's Campbell's soup cans, or ancient humans' lustrous cave paintings, the creation of art is an inherently human story. By applying a ...