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Raised by wolves in the northern Canada, I was rescued by a team of lost Norwegian polar explorers and later adopted by the eccentric recluse and philanthropist Hieronymus Boone. On his death, Boone left me several million dollars which I subsequently squandered speculating in pork belly futures. Now I live on an island in the middle of the North Atlantic, far from my creditors and close to the heartbeat of the universe.

Arts & Humanities > Art History The art of interpreting art

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Art is always created within a context; a social, intellectual, political, economic, emotional milieu. The key to understanding art is to understand the circumstances that surrounded its creation. All art is conceptual' in that the artist had an idea that was given form in the work of art; the artist had something original to show us, something to communicate. Take the Mona Lisa, for example, widely regarded as a great work of art. But what makes it great? What sets it apart from other early 17th century art? There are thousands of portraits, what makes this one special? To understand what...

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