Painting

New research finds visual artists do not do their best work during periods of bereavement.

• By Tom Jacobs

Their use of language reveals the different ways painters, sculptors, and architects conceptualize space.

• By Tom Jacobs

New research finds the eyes of children and adults are drawn to very different things.

• By Tom Jacobs

Researchers compared the Mona Lisa's background with the hills shown in its stereo pair. In doing so, they revealed a da Vinci secret.

• By John Upton

Everyone knows computers are good at processing information and humans are good at creativity. What if it's the other way around?

• By Chris V. Nicholson