Sign language linguist Carol Padden describes how smaller languages are often much more impenetrable to outsiders than larger languages, due to a combination of grammatical structure and common sense of reference.

Linguist Carol Padden (UC San Diego), describes how different cultural reference points sometimes make it particularly difficult for us to learn foreign languages.

Antonello de Messina's St. Jerome in his study is a good entry point for the iconography of Saints and the its use to communicate abstract concepts. St. Jerome is a conflicted character, and the items around him help to communicate that.

User experience (UX) design is a theoretical understanding of how users interact with websites. The major challenge developers building a company website face is finding the right balance that fulfills the objectives of the...

How did Buddhism come into China? How did the texts survive for so long throughout the centuries? The Silk Roads: Ideas and Religion, Part 2

We discuss Picasso's great image of Guernica with help from a Subscriber, Andy Hess.

Moor's Brewing Company, one of a small percentage of Black-owned U.S. breweries, has a unique history and iconography — the brand's founder says their great product is ready for year three. (Scripps News)

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Scenes from outside and inside St. Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi's biggest and most important church. Colour corrected.

Scenes from outside and inside St. Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi's biggest and most important church