Many of us know the most popular classical paintings—well, at least what they look like. Sadly, fewer know the names of the paintings and of the painters who created them.

Abstract: In this paper, we propose Byzantine-Robust Decentralized Federated Reinforcement Learning (BR-DeFedRL), an innovative framework that effectively combats the harmful influence of Byzantine ...

Drawing heavily from antiquity, the Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being ...

Amid a surge in A.I. art and new technology, young artists are turning to the techniques and styles of Old Masters instead.

Alchemy in Byzantine times was a long intellectual tradition blending Ancient Greek science, Egyptian symbolism, and ...

For Valentine’s Day, we asked five of our academic experts to tell us about the most romantic artwork they’ve ever encountered. From first dates to sleeping lovers, these are the paintings that have ...

A remarkable Roman mosaic found in Rutland turns out to tell a forgotten version of the Trojan War. Rather than Homer’s famous epic, it reflects a lost Greek tragedy by Aeschylus, featuring vivid ...

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Method of Mechanical Theorems is a letter from Archimedes to Eratosthenes, the head of the library of Alexandria and a ...