Napoleon commissioned the sword, filled with classical motifs, after being elected as consul for life by the senate in 1802.

A spate of historical paintings depicting unhappy brides—the opposite of wedded bliss—have been making the rounds on social ...

The first major UK exhibition of celebrated 19th century Mexican artist José María Velasco is a revelation at the National Gallery. It coincides with the 200th anniversary of a diplomatic accord ...

The reluctant empress known as "Sisi" painstakingly crafted her image through portraits and photographs, ensuring she would ...

They are typically artifacts from within the last century that get misplaced for a few decades. This book in particular was donated by a family with close ties to the surgeon who anatomized Corder ...

Christie's New York will be offering a $30m -$50m painting by Claude Monet in their upcoming sales next month. Interestingly, Peupliers au bord de l’Epte, crépuscule (1891) will be unveiled to the ...

METHUEN — From the front, the console and the awe-inspiring organ it controls are the same as they have been for more than a hundred years. However, from the back, it’s a different story ...

Three exceptional 19th century paintings are about to make their appearance at the ... The third painting is a landscape scene of Hilo Bay by Joseph Nāwahī, famous for its appearance on the popular TV ...

Sumehra Esguerra (class of 2027) is a sophomore at Carlmont High School and a first year writer for Scot Scoop. In her free time, she enjoys rowing, reading fiction ,and traveling to different ...

The poster unmistakably revisits the iconography of 19th-century paintings of shipwrecks ... response to Théodore Géricault’s famous painting “The Raft of the Medusa,” which depicts ...

The building was only open to staff when the Italian man entered the famous Salon Carré ... The Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, is an oil painting of a Renaissance woman painted by Da Vinci in ...

Indian Company Paintings, c. 1790–1835, dedicated to artworks produced by Indian artists in the late 18th and early 19th centuries for European patrons. The exhibition, held at DAG’s Windsor ...