Live Nation Study Says Fans More Likely to Value Live Music Over Sex

Amplify: Live Nation has released the full extent of their Power of Live study, and respondents reported they were 10 percent more likely to value live music over sex. The study states that 71 percent of those surveyed believe “the moments that give me the most life are live experiences.”

The Renaissance Tradition of Using Cadavers in Drawing Classes Is Still Alive

Artsy: Surprises were rare in Herbert Danielson’s undergraduate Art History 101 class at Ohio Wesleyan University. Lectures followed a predictable slideshow of greatest hits, a well-trodden path to Western art appreciation devoid of canonical twists and turns. But one anecdote, shared almost in passing, left the young artist-in-training thunderstruck: Renaissance
master Leonardo da Vinci
, the professor said, systematically dissected human bodies in order to improve his figure drawing skills. Danielson’s classmates winced with disgust. He was riveted.