Category: art
War and Art
There aren’t many reasons that I wished I lived in Europe, but the chance to see more Baroque art would be at the top of the list. There is currently a display in Brussels called “Bellum et Artes” (War and Art) about art during the Thirty Years’ War. In some ways, it does seem remarkable …
New Look at an Old Painting
I played around with an AI to render Ter Borch’s painting as 3d. It’s a small thing, but I find it really interesting. I had always perceived the scene as extremely flat, like the characters lined up in Da Vinci’s Last Supper. This rendering shows that they may have been in more layers than I …
Peace of Westphalia in the News, February 2023, Continued
Most mentions of Westphalia that I come across relate to sovereignty, and do so in a deductive way that is hardly worthy of discussion. An article in Telos, on the other hand, is much more thoughtful. I’m not sure if it’s right, but it definitely has caused me to stop and think about it. The …
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