In the early years of the 20th century, four painters left behind a drab grey Presbyterian Scotland for the exciting ...

How to revive an 18th-century upstate farmhouse without resorting to cliché? By pretending a made-up person lives there too.

As an exhibition of Józef Chełmoński's work breaks records in Warsaw, we look at why the 19th century artist has reignited ...

The barracks is World Heritage Listed for its convict history, but is equally important for the story of 19th century Australian immigration. After the end of convict transportation to New South ...

Analysis of dried plant remains from a 19th-century Australian colonial institution reveals the consumption of various foods not listed in official records, suggesting secretive snacking by residents.

Ever since Aaron Shikler's famous ... in art history for such a fiercely furrowed, lock-eyed, and, yes, trumpant glare is an out-of-the-way portrait from the paintbrush of the 17th-Century Italian ...

Here we mention 6 Indian painting styles that are world-famous. One of the most famous painting styles in India is of the Madhubani painting. Originated in the land of Bihar, Madhubani is said to ...

Hyacinth, grappling with a “strange mixture of contradictory impulses,” hesitates to abandon the finer things in life: good food, French novels, and high art ... as have famous Black leftists ...

Dr Kathy McLauchlan, art historian specialising ... There was a new emphasis on realism and naturalism, and decorative artists, designers and architects sought to revive past styles. The late 19th ...

Psychological realism requires some sympathy with a central character. James addresses the problem by creating a revolutionary who resembles himself: not just a single-minded ideologue, but a ...

“Greenwich Mean Time was established in 1884, in no small part because of train travel,” says Hunter, a specialist in 19th-century French art who researches theories of time, among other subjects.