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We’ve all admired the elegance of Japan’s traditional styles of architecture. Their development required the kind of dedicated craftsmanship that takes generations to cultivate — but also, more practically speaking, no small amount of wood. By the 15th century, Japan already faced a shortage of seedlings, as well as land...

Isabella had been waiting a long time for such tender attention, concealed beneath a 19th-century overpainting depicting a daintier featured woman reputed to be Eleanor of Toledo, wife of Cosimo I de’ Medici, the second Duke of Florence.

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Shoes and boots, show where your feet have gone. —Guy Sebeus, 10 New Scythian Tales In the age of fast fashion, when planned obsolescence, cheap materials, and shoddy construction have become the norm, how startling to encounter a stylish women’s boot that’s truly built to last… …like, for 2300 years.

If you think cannabis possesses a broad range of applications, olive oil is going to blow your mind! Humans have been hip to this miracle elixir since approximately 2500 BCE, when Mediterranean dwellers used it as lamp fuel and to anoint royalty, warriors, and other VIPs.

We dare not speculate as to what Leonardo DaVinci would make of artificial intelligence. We are, however, fairly confident that he would love the Internet.

Carpenters demonstrate the intricate wood joints in a Japanese house built without nails, glue, or other modern fasteners.

The earliest known works of Japanese art date from the Jōmon period, which lasted from 10,500 to 300 BC. In fact, the period's very name comes from the patterns its potters created by pressing twisted cords into clay, resulting in a predecessor of the 'wave patterns' that have been much used since.

The earliest known works of Japanese art date from the Jōmon period, which lasted from 10,500 to 300 BC. In fact, the period's very name comes from the patterns its potters created by pressing twisted cords into clay, resulting in a predecessor of the 'wave patterns' that have been much used since.

Every artist explores dimensions of space and place, orienting themselves and their works in the world, and orienting their audiences. Then there are artists like Vincent van Gogh, who make space and place a primary subject.