For most people locations that hold a particular importance for the development of our society and for the advancement of science and technology often remain hidden from view. They are separate and pr
European visions of Japan are dominated by cliches such as the cherry blossom, the temples, the samurai, the geisha, and Zen. But this has more to do with European longings and utopian ideals than wit
What would life be like without art? That is not a rhetorical question―there has been much philosophizing and speculating on it. Still, when was the last time that someone seriously tried to answer th
What would life be like without art? This is hardly a rhetorical question: for at least as long as art criticism has existed, there has been a great deal of philosophizing and speculation on the topic
