The question of why, at the turn of the 20th century, modern art flourished in Europe has long been one of art history’s most intriguing. Was it exposure to non-Western influences? The advent of the ...

The famous painting by Grant Wood shows a farmer holding a pitchfork and a woman standing next to him. The earlier sketch is a bit different.

Cassidy was an updates editor whose main responsibility is to write and edit articles on a range of home improvement topics. Her passion for lifestyle writing began with her editorial apprenticeship ...

There is a peculiar type of American darkness, and it is one suffused with light. Bright sunshine masks a whited-out evil, smiling faces conceal the weight of sadness. It is different from the ...

Recognizable for its pointed arches and rib vaults, Gothic architecture was Europe’s primary building style for cathedrals from the late 12th to the 16th century. It evolved from its heavier, rounder ...

A Tuscaloosa, Alabama bar has added a new piece of art in time for the College Football Playoff, highlighting two of the state's biggest names in the sport, Nick Saban and Paul Finebaum. The chalk ...

United States Centennial Commission. International Exhibition. 1876 Official Catalogue. Part II. Art Gallery, Annexes, and Out-Door Works of Art. Department IV.--Art. Sixth and Revised Edition.

When Diablo 3 was first revealed in 2008 the internet lost its collective shit. Thousands of fans signed petitions and rallied against the game, demanding that Blizzard made a change. Why? Because ...

We see better when we recognize and can name (at least for our own purposes) the things we see. If you can tell a delphinium from a daylily, or a Titian from a Rubens, or a Honda Civic from a Lotus ...