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The body, art and another literary experiment from Rachel Cusk We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Clinton Caward Normal text size Advertisement What is art? Who or what is the self? Can art restore what seems to be missing in our self? The unease that drives such questions has haunted the novels and memoirs of Rachel Cusk for almost 30 years, and it’s perhaps because questions of identity are forever unanswerable that her books are vehicles she keeps driving into the same mystery. Her subject matter has evolved like expanding circles of ...

This Shabbat, we find ourselves celebrating the 7th Day of the Festival of Pesach and preparing for this week’s special reading of the account of Kriat Yam Suf, the crossing of the Sea of Reeds, which tradition posits took place on this day. And yet, though we are knee-deep in our Passover c…

How visual art gives us rich insights into how our brains work Updated / Friday, 29 Jan 2021 13:59 Album sheet with a rose, 1675 by Maria Merian. Photo: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images Opinion: just like listening to music, viewing works of art can have a profound effect on our mental health The arts are often portrayed as the polar opposite of the sciences. However, a closer inspection reveals a rich shared history in which the two approaches have, at different times, acted in a symbiotic manner. Drawings and paintings were the only way in which scientific observations could be...

©Nikolay Antonov/Shutterstock.com Hamburg is Germany’s largest port, and it is one of that country’s leading commercial centers. It also boasts a vibrant group of museums headlined by the Hamburger Kunsthalle, where these 22 paintings can be found. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these paintings first appeared in 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die , edited by Stephen Farthing (2018). Writers’ names appear in parentheses. Interior of a Church (1660/70) During the 17th century there was a tradition of architectural painting that was particularly associated with the Dutch...