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The art of soundproof design

Too much noise is more than annoying – it has serious negative effects on health and cognitive ability. Find out how designers and architects are mitigating the downsides of sound.

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The art of scientific glassblowing

Exciting things happen when art, craft, engineering and science collide. Glassblower Gayle Price is proof of that.

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The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians

Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.

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Race, religion and the Black Madonna

Mystery and controversy surround the dark-skinned religious icon who represents the Virgin Mary throughout the Catholic world.

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  • Leeds New Mechanics' Institution and School of Art, Leeds, Yorkshire. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin, 1867, after C. Brodrick.
  • The Mechanics' Institute and School of Science and Art, Keighley, Yorkshire. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin after Lockwood and Mawson.
  • A black man with his wife and child representing a family affected by AIDS; advertisement by the School of Medicine at the University of Miami. Colour lithograph.
  • A herald reads from a black parabaik and announces that Prince Siddhattha will prove he is proficientt in the art of shooting arrows, archery to the people
  • Ground plan of a school of drawing: cross-section with a vignette above showing art students drawing after a life model and sculpture. Etching by B.L. Prevost after C.N. Cochin, 1763.
  • A black man holds a condom between his thumb and finger representing an advertisement for an exhibition on The Art of AIDS Education at Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester, Massachusetts between April 6 - 20, 1992. Colour lithograph, 1992.
  • [Undated handbill (August 1885?) advertising Howard's Grand Pavilion of Living Wonders waxwork and fine art gallery (at the Mitcham Fair?), featuring Madame Howard, the African lion-faced lady. She appears to have been a black woman with a beard].
  • The fatal book opened : an authentic account of John Albert, a young gentleman in Hamburgh, who by the constant study of the works of Friar Bacon and Doctor Faustus, and other books of magic and astrology, had acquired an awful knowledge of cabalistics, necromancy and the black art.
  • Heriot Watt formerly Edinburgh School of Arts College.
  • The Royal Institution or School of Arts, Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving by A. Cruse, 1829, after T.H. Shepherd.
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