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The Roman roots of modern fonts: How Times New Roman traces back to antiquity

For centuries, the Latin alphabet has evolved from its Greek and Etruscan origins to the forms we use today, influencing every aspect of written communication. This journey begins in Ancient Rome, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Is This Copy of a Long-Lost Northern Renaissance Portrait Actually an Original Albrecht Dürer?

Experts have long assumed that a painting at London's National Gallery is one of many replicas of an original Dürer portrait. Now, a new book claims that this cracked copy is the real deal ...

Celebrate Black History Month in Milwaukee through these art events

From a ceramics workshop to a Frederick Douglass musical, here are ways to celebrate Black History Month in Milwaukee through ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Historians Thought This Rare Renaissance Portrait by One of the First Famous Female Artists Was Lost to History—Until It Surfaced in North Carolina

Sofonisba Anguissola's 16th-century painting of a clergyman was known only through a black-and-white photo. However, the ...
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Leonardo da Vinci's DNA extracted from one of his drawings?

Is the world of art history on the verge of a revolutionary discovery? Researchers recently rubbed traces of DNA from a ...

How hieroglyphs became the sacred script of the ancient Egyptians

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.