The Book of Colour Concepts: A New 800-Page Celebration of Color Theory, Including Works by Newton, Goethe, and Hilma af Klint

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The Book of Colour Concepts will soon be published by Taschen in a multilingual edition, containing text in English, French, German, and Spanish. This choice makes its abundance of explanatory scholarship widely accessible at a stroke, but even those who read none of those four languages can enjoy the book. For it takes…

The Founder of the Red Cross Creates a Diagram of the Apocalypse (1887)

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History remembers Henry Dunant (1828–1910) for two things--being the co-founder of the Red Cross movement and winning the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.

Less well known is his diagram of the Apocalypse. Between 1877 and 1890, notes the Red Cross Museum website, Henry Dunant "produced a series of diagrams reflecting his distinctive understanding of…

Coursera Offers $100 Off of Coursera Plus (Until March 31), Giving You Unlimited Access to Courses & Certificates

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A heads up on a deal: Between now and March 31, 2024, Coursera is offering a $100 discount on its annual subscription plan called "Coursera Plus." Normally priced at $399, Coursera Plus (now available for $299) gives you access to 7,000+ world-class courses for one all-inclusive subscription price. This includes Coursera's…

The 15 Greatest Documentaries of All Time: Explore Films by Werner Herzog, Errol Morris & More

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There are two kinds of people in this world: those who recognize the phrase "corny dialogue that would make the pope weep," and those who don't. If you fall into the former category, your mind is almost certainly filled with images of bleak Midwestern winters, modest trailer homes, hooded figures smashing an already-junkyard-worthy car, and…

6,000 Years of History Visualized in a 23-Foot-Long Timeline of World History, Created in 1871

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A beautiful early example of visualizing the flow of history, Sebastian C. Adams' Synchronological Chart of Universal History outlines the evolution of mankind from Adam and Eve to 1871, the year of its first edition.

A recreation can be found and closely examined at the David Rumsey Map Collection, which allows you to…