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A skeleton’s blue teeth represent a ‘bombshell’ discovery for women’s history

sudshr47 January 12, 2019

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It’s not surprising to learn that women who lived during the Middle Ages didn’t always get the credit they deserved, but tangible proof that further erodes our male-centric view of history is always welcome.

A new study asserts that lapis lazuli found in the teeth from the remains of a Medieval woman indicates that she was an artist. Researchers are calling the discovery a “bombshell” because it provides extremely uncommon proof of the role that women played as skilled artists at the time.

“It’s kind of a bombshell for my field,” Alison Beach, a medieval history professor at Ohio State University and co-author of the study, told the Associated Press. “It’s so rare to find material evidence of women’s artistic and literary work in the Middle Ages.” Read more…

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‘Joy of Painting’ fan Ralph Jean-Pierre faces Bob Ross in a ‘race against time’ — Bob Ross Challenge

sudshr47 January 4, 2019

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Ralph Jean-Pierre takes the Bob Ross Challenge — and has a bit of trouble with lavender.

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Comedian Holden McNeely sees some very peculiar things in this Bob Ross painting — The Bob Ross Challenge

sudshr47 December 28, 2018

Despite being “mildly frightened,” comedian Holden McNeely tackles the Bob Ross Challenge.
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Town erects plastic covering over Banksy’s latest mural

sudshr47 December 23, 2018

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File this one under deeply ironic — yet sadly necessary.

On Wednesday, the elusive street artist Banksy claimed responsibility on Instagram for a new mural that appeared on the wall of a garage in the south Wales town of Port Talbot. 

Then, days after the work appeared, the town erected a transparent plastic sheet wall to protect the latest work from the artist who made a name for himself by vandalizing public property. 

The irony is difficult to ignore, but the town’s actions are wholly understandable. 

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. . . . Season’s greetings . . .

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Comedian Nick Turner’s emotional roller coaster while painting along with Bob Ross is very relatable — The Bob Ross Challenge

sudshr47 December 12, 2018

They don’t call it a “challenge” for nothing.
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Google lets you turn your phone into a virtual art gallery

sudshr47 December 4, 2018

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For most of us, it’s a long trip to see the works of Johannes Vermeer, the Dutch Golden Age painter behind Girl with a Pearl Earring.

Google is making those works accessible on your phone with its Arts and Culture app, where you can use augmented reality to visit a virtual art gallery full of Vermeer’s works.

The pocket gallery is accessible in the Meet Vermeer section of the app, which compiles all of the painter’s works in one multi-room exhibition, in what’s been described as “the first ever international online retrospective” of Vermeer. Read more…

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An AI made a $16,000 work of art, and it’s actually pretty cool — Future Blink

sudshr47 December 3, 2018

AICAN is a program designed by Rutgers’ Art & AI Lab that’s basically an AI artist. After looking at nearly 500 years of art history, it learned the ins and outs of artistic aesthetic, and created some pieces of its own. Who knows, maybe AI art wi…

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Comedian Jen Clark tries to ‘perpetuate the love’ with Bob Ross — The Bob Ross Challenge

sudshr47 November 30, 2018

Comedian Jen Clark knows the goal of the Bob Ross Challenge is to have a painting that is “beautiful in its own way.”
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