A conversation with the art historian Claire Bishop about technology’s influence on museums and galleries, and her recent book Disordered Attention. A visitor takes a photo with her smartphone of ...
A new study indicates that art has immediate and clear positive effects on our health, reducing hormones associated with stress and increasing positive arousal. It’s the first study to capture ...
Joe Fig chairs Ringling College of Arts and Design’s fine arts and visual studies programs. He’s also an art instructor, and he teaches what he does. Fig paints, constantly. His paintings reveal his ...
Intro -- Contents -- The Art -- Deepest Thanks -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Ten Reasons to Appreciate Art -- Chapter Two. The First 95 Percent of Art History -- Chapter Three ...
Looking at original works of art in galleries can help immediately relieve stress, a study has found. Viewing art also has a "positive impact" on the immune system, the nervous system and the network ...