Art

The Gothic Revival, a major 18th to 19th-century British cultural movement, was reimagined by the Victorian poet Christina Rossetti through her distinctive literary contributions.

Each surviving painting by Leonardo da Vinci contains complex symbolism and almost always an equally complex controversy.

The colorito versus disegno debate is one of the most famous Renaissance paragoni (comparisons). Read on to discover what it meant for the art world.

The statue of Athena Parthenos in the Athenian Parthenon is one of the most famous examples of classical Greek sculpture. What do we know about it?

Sigmund Freud's 1919 essay was about literature, but had its biggest impact in the visual arts, particularly surrealist art. Discover how Freud's ideas inspired modern art.

The Ghent Altarpiece painted by the Van Eyck brothers, Hubert and Jan, is one of the most revered works of realism from the Early Renaissance.

After WWI, French designer Coco Chanel entered a romance with a Russian grand duke. Here’s how a lost culture inspired Chanel’s new fashion period.

Pompeii was a prosperous Roman city destroyed by a volcanic eruption in the 1st century CE. Still, its life was not over after the catastrophe.