For all its transgressive subtext, Laurencin’s oeuvre was commercially and critically celebrated in her lifetime.
The History of a Color by Michel Pastoureau (Translated from French by Jody Gladding) ...
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Excavations at Domus Aurea, the former imperial residence of Roman emperor Nero, have yielded remnants of the rare Egyptian ...
After turning Charles VII's head in the 1440s, Agnès Sorel became his mistress and close advisor as well the era's great ...
A full-length oil portrait painting of Lady Bridget by Thomas Gibson (English, 1680-1751), and a bust oil portrait painting ...
In documenting northern China’s Shehuo festival, Zhang Xiao shines a light on disappearing rural traditions and the threat e-commerce poses to traditional crafts.
A hoard of over 400 coins dated to the first century is a rare mix of Roman and British money. Two metal detectorists in the ...
Medieval people were no exception. Pilgrims, crusaders and others were warned by preachers such as 13th-century Jacques de ...
Gaining a dedicated following 2004's The Forbidden Game, folk rock singer Li Zhi has battled the Chinese Communist Party's ...
In his ingenious new book The Grammar of Angels, Edward Wilson-Lee paints a glorious portrait of the great 15th-century ...
Boasting sumptuous period suites and an award-winning spa, The Swan is one of the finest hotels in Lavenham, Suffolk.