Snippets:
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Life: Ponzo Illusion: Mario Ponzo discovered in 1923 that size perception depends on the eye's interpretation of depth clues.
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Jazz: Milt Hinton (1910-2000), bass player, most-recorded jazz musician of all time, having appeared on 1,174 recordings.
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Photography: Edward Sheriff Curtis: 'The North American Indian' (published 1907 - 1930); intented to record traditional Indian cultures; 20 volumes of narrative text and photogravure images.
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Books: John Bate, The Mysteries of Nature and Art, London: 1635. Influenced and inspired Isaac Newton. Excerpts here.
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Art: Rothko Chapel: Located in the museum district of Houston, TX., commissioned by the art collectors Jean and Dominique de Menil. Built in 1971. Contains 14 paintings by Mark Rothko. In front stands Barnett Newman's 'Broken Obelisk', dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Barnett created a total of three broken obelisks, the other two located at the MoMA in NYC and on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle, respectively.
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