Throughout the 19th century, as the Industrial Revolution brought advancements in manufacturing across Europe, coal-burning ...

A temporary exhibit looks at the re-interpretation of impressionism through the works in the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art ...

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) shattered artistic convention, dissolving form into movement and light into ...

The impressionists differed in their political and social opinions well before the Affair, and their varying attitudes toward France’s Jewish population proved to be one of the most divisive issues.

Paul Cézanne’s artistic muse had sweeping shoulders, an enigmatic face and majestic beauty that loomed over his life’s work.

Faced with marginalization and disinterest, Asian artists living in 1920s and 1930s Paris are now the subject of a major new ...

So, surely it would be unfair, says the incoming director of Boston’s ­Museum of Fine Arts, Pierre Terjanian, not to give it a second go. “It really felt like a missed opportunity for the ...

The 18th-century vessel was found during an excavation of Ground Zero in July 2010. But details about the boat have perplexed historians until now – just in time for America's 250th anniversary.

“The true impressionism is realism,” he declared ... In 1919, Hassam and his wife bought an 18th-century house in East Hampton, Long Island, where, over several summers, he would rise at ...

Here’s some fruit for thought. A resurfaced video has reintroduced an easy food storage technique that has proven effective at keeping produce ripe for months since the 1700s. The clip appears ...

At the Orange County Historical Museum, a new exhibit was featured this year revolving around beauty in the 18th century. Catie Atkinson, the site manager of the Orange County Historical Museum ...

Since at least 2013, a rumor has circulated online that illegal gambling dens in 18th-century England hired people to swallow dice in the event of a police raid. In short, there is no credible ...