Margaret Keane was one of the most popular artists of the twentieth century, even though the world did not know her name for more than a decade of her career. Her husband, Walter Keane, was an ...

The Birth of Venus, by Sandro Botticelli, 1485, via the Uffizi Gallery Michelangelo lived with them from his teenage years, almost like a member of the family, while Leonardo da Vinci would entertain ...

Before the Spanish and Portuguese empires dominated the seas, Scandinavian Vikings reached the shores of America, Africa and ...

When America chose to bomb Japan, the imperial capital city of Japan was not a practical choice for various reasons.

Food in ancient Egypt was an important part of culture and society, both in life and the hereafter. Temple walls were inscribed with the copious amounts of food offered to the gods. Tombs were ...

Red-figure drinking bowl depicting the Pythia giving a consultation at Delphi, 5th century BC, via Researchgate.net; with Apollo Crowning Himself, by Antonio Canova, 1781—1782, via J Paul Getty Museum ...

Mainstream media has grossly misrepresented the history of ninjas (shinobi) and the weapons that they used. While pop culture has built up many myths over generations, the actual shinobi were highly ...

We’ve all come to recognize that we tend to hide different aspects of ourselves in various social settings. Carl Jung, the famous Swiss psychologist, called this phenomenon ‘the persona’. The persona ...

Orthodox Christianity and the art inextricably linked to it can be traced back to the early Christian belief systems, but most recognizably to the graphic, stylized art of Byzantium. With its roots in ...

The British Empire and the Russian Empire engaged in intense competition for control over Central Asia for most of the 19th century. The Great Game, a term for the British plan to safeguard its ...

When considering the Pennsylvania Dutch, you may think of a specific aesthetic: Amish men wearing straw hats, plain clothes, and driving a buggy. It is easy to wonder how cultures like that of the ...

According to legend, the city was founded around 2750 BCE by the Phoenician deity Melqart as a favor to a mermaid named Tyros. Legends aside, archeological evidence corroborated this time period and ...