Classical paintings throughout history hint at mysterious celestial phenomena, fueling speculation about unidentified flying objects…
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art has recently acquired “Bélizaire and the Frey Children,” a family…
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In the 1980s, a daring heist at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum left the art…
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Throughout history, women have had men take credit for their work. In the 1600s, women…
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You were thinking Tutankhamun, weren’t you? Certainly when modern readers are told to think of…
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Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist who became one of the most famous…
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Major Crimes in History
(In Pics) Ten Stolen Works of Art that have Never Been Recovered
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenHuman history has produced an extraordinary outpouring of expression and creativity, from the magical cave…
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For much of human history it is the visual depictions which have the most to…
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“And yet it moves.” It is among the most famous phrases said by the famous…
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History
Laughing in the Face of Death? The Merry Cemetery of Romania
by Kurt Readmanby Kurt ReadmanIn the village of Săpânța on the Northernmost border of Romania, a cemetery can be…