The violin has a storied place in so much of European classical music. But sometime in the 17th century, it began to intrigue ...

Over time these react with negatively charged components of oil called fatty acids, which have been severed from the rest of ...

France is a country where history still feels alive, with centuries of culture, power, war, and art leaving their mark across ...

An Iranian director is breathing new life into William Shakespeare's "King Lear" with a bold staging in Tehran infused with ...

A new Artemisia Gentileschi exhibition in Paris showcases never-before-seen paintings that shed new light on the artist.

Nuns’ diverse experiences of monastic solitude reflect modern urban loneliness. In 1812 Lord Byron expressed the contradictory nature of loneliness in the poem Childe Harold, juxtaposing the positive ...

A pair of paintings by Dutch Golden Age master Frans Hals, possibly depicting his own children, are returning to the ...

If you're looking to stay in a historic building while vacationing in Europe, consider an Italian villa for a luxurious stay ...

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The National Gallery of Art pairs art and science in a survey of some of the finest Dutch and Flemish painting of the 17th ...

View of Olinda, Brazil, with Ruins of the Jesuit Church' by Frans Post just hammered down for a record $7.37 million at ...

The king’s absolute love for big hair sparked a trend that spread all over 17th-century Europe. King Louis XIV ... as shown in this 1715 painting by Louis de Silvestre. Dolly Parton is credited ...