John Trumbull painted four of the eight paintings in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. His paintings Surrender of General Burgoyne ...

Memento moris remind us that death is inevitable, nothing afterward is assured, and what we do in that crack of light between ...

Before Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay – and some of the ...

The painting depicts Cecilia Gallerani, a young woman at the court of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, as well as her mistress ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Orange police arrested a suspect late Monday night and accused him of spray-painting antisemitic symbols on homes in the village, officials said. Officers apprehended Ryan ...

Cecilia (Hengqin) parents both died during later Chinese cultural revolution. She was then raised by her grandmother. It was her grandmother that introduced her to painting, both in terms of ...

So clearly it was learned early on in human history that art as personal adornment enhanced your status. Modern politicians use political techniques invented by rulers of old, but instead of paint ...

Russian artist Nicolai Fechin was born in Kazan, Russia, in 1881 and today is particularly known for his paintings of the New Mexico landscape and Native American portraits. After graduating from the ...

When our students aren't exploring our on-campus museums and galleries, they're illustrating, painting, sculpting or producing work that is wholly original and intrinsically beautiful. Through our 4+1 ...

From pyramids to cathedrals to sykscrapers, architecture reflects the societies and cultural values it originates from. As the built environment expands, the role of architects and architecture in ...

Koo and Lim focus quite a bit on design here, with “adaptations” of famous paintings ... “Cecilia” is an ode to da Vinci’s ...

Scott Burton, one of America’s leading sculptors, entrusted his estate to the museum in 1989, when he was sick with AIDS, to ensure his place in art history. It turned out to be a bad idea.