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Lines in Four Directions is a 90-by-72-foot sculpture by the late artist …
Nearly everyone familiar with the world of rare books has heard of the Book of Hours, the so-called bestseller of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. However, few people, except specialist…
Even as the art world continues to make strides toward gender equity, its history…
This month marked the World Heritage Committee’s 47th update of UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The assembly– which was held from July 6th through the 16th at UNESCO headquarters in…
“Madonna and Child” is a 16th-century painting by Renaissance artist…
Franz von Stuck (1863-1928) was a German painter, sculptor, printmaker, and …
The course of this global pandemic has left many feeling shattered and searching for distraction. Derived from two small Japanese words meaning golden and joining, kintsugi is fundamentally about ‘…
Summertime’s gardens have long inspired artists and botanists. Botanical illustration emerged around the time of Plato, more than 2,000 years ago. The medium launched not as a fine art, but as a…
Since its 1996 debut, Pokémon has grown into a worldwide, pop-cultural phenomenon. For Japanese fans, however, Pokémon carries far more cultural significance due to its strong connection to the still…
Can the visual arts capture movement in stillness? This slideshow traces the representation of dance, particularly of dancing groups, through western…
After having the highest value-added tax (VAT) rate for art in the European Union, Italy has just reduced it to 5%, the new European low.
Beneath the shade of pine and myrtle, researchers from the Casa della Regina Carolina Excavation (Cornell University; Bologna University; Harvard University) in Pompeii, Italy were…
Sun, sand, sky, water, and women predominate as subject matter when artists throughout history turned their attention to communicating the light, languid heat, and soft sensuality of long…
