The word “geometry” means earth measurement and the subject evolved from measuring plots of land accurately and also from the work of builders and carpenters. So the geometry that we call Euclidean ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Annalisa Crannell goes to art museums with ...

(Installation view of works by Brigitte Mahlknecht (left), Judith Saupper (center), William Cordova (right). (Courtesy ACFNY/Luca Mercedes) The Projective Drawing at the Austrian Cultural Forum New ...

This miniature painting (right) from circa 1650, by an unknown artist, shows Lord Krishna’s lover Radha in an elegant pose at night with the stars looking down. From just this single mythological ...