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How Art Invented Humanity

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J F Martel at Aeon Magazine: What astounds us when we enter a cathedral or contemplate a Mark Rothko is not merely the finished form of these works but the strange transformation each embodies. I know the stone to be impossibly heavy, yet I see it suspended as though lighter than air; I see the strokes of paint, yet the colour field feels all the more solid for them. Aside from this, it is the gratuitous contingency of the building and the paint…

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How art invented humanity

When early humans first painted cave walls, they began to find out who they really were: our minds emerged from our images- by J F MartelRead on Aeon

18 hours ago·Melbourne, Australia

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Aeon broke the news in Melbourne, Australia 18 hours ago on Thursday, July 30, 2026.

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