Underneath the veneer of classical beauty and harmony, Antonio Canova was a great innovator who modernized sculpture.
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Spitzmaus Mummy in a Coffin and other Treasures ignores traditional curating concepts to show an eclectic mix of the bizarre and beautiful.
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Art and politics have come to a head. In our current state of political upheaval, the role of governing and our status quo is being challenged. Art is not only being utilized as a vessel to engage in…
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi was the greatest printmaker of the 18th century. Although he consistently signed his work ‘architetto,’ he is famous for his engravings of the monuments of ancient Rome,…
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The reattribution of Rembrandt’s drawings 350 years later are revealing new things about the artist and his students.
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A new exhibition at the British Museum explores how the epic has been reshaped and reinterpreted over three millennia.
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Scholars say The North American Indian may be the greatest set of books in North American publishing history. Unfortunately, because of its cost and scarcity it is often inaccessible to scholars and…
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Hopper’s paintings of empty coastlines, limitless plains, and rolling hills embody the vastness and psychological complexity of the American landscape.
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A cache of silver left behind by the Roman Gauls reveals a complex and diverse Roman Empire.
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A popular new app is changing the field of digital art by bringing groundbreaking tools to the public on a huge scale.