Sloan creates a narrative with a past and a future, some of it mysterious, some of it surreal, some of it funny.

How one is meant to interpret this painting, or the artist’s intent, is not clear. Adolf Ziegler, the Nazi functionary charged with overseeing the exhibition, perceived no ambiguity.

How our brains react to art. It's in the different ways we interpret art that gives scientists clues about our individual minds, and how the brain constructs subjective experiences.

Art and literature hint at past people’s psyches. Now computers can identify patterns in those cognitive fossils, but human expertise remains crucial.

How to Use Renaissance Paintings to Improve the Farming of Tomorrow An arboreal archaeologist roots around the Italian countryside and in centuries-old frescoes for a cornucopia of fruits long ...