Color Blindness in Art

Color Blindness in Art

Color blindness, or color vision deficiency, affects about 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women. It is most commonly caused by a gene mutation on the X-c...

Read more
Halloween's Irish Roots

Halloween's Irish Roots

As with many mainstream holiday traditions celebrated in modern America, it's difficult to discern the origin and purpose of many of the ways in wh...

Read more
Equine Art Through the Ages

Equine Art Through the Ages

Horses are one of the most commonly depicted, and earliest represented, subjects of art. Our partnership with horses has benefited humankind for th...

Read more
The Value of Mahogany

The Value of Mahogany

Mahogany has a beautiful wood grain that darkens over time, giving warmth to any space. It's been favored by carpenters for centuries because of it...

Read more
Bronze Age Shipwrecks

Bronze Age Shipwrecks

Shipwrecks have always conjured a romantic notion in our heads; the riches they carried, the loss of life, the possibility of a perfectly preserved...

Read more