Art and science in Benin bronzes.(first word) From: African Arts | Date: March 22, 2004| Author: Nevadomsky, Joseph | COPYRIGHT 2004 The Regents of the University of California. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A famous social scientist once said, "In science as in love, an overemphasis on technique very likely leads to impotence." Good science combines method and intuition, accommodating the objectivity of mathematics and physics that since the Enlightenment has made life synonymous with progress, to the subjectivity of literature and philosophy that since the Ancients has made it worthwhile.

Take dating techniques in Benin art. I single out TL (thermoluminescence) because it ...

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