Arts & Culture

The skill and time to create a yosegi by the Japanese artisans who have mastered this centuries-old technique is awe-inspiring. It requires dedication, patience, attention to detail, and painstaking love. ...

There is a Chinese saying: “Firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea are the seven necessities to ...

The Russian poet Anna Akhmatova is too tragic and striking a figure ever to be forgotten. A famous portrait depicts ...

Many treasures lay buried underground in Luoyang City during the Song Dynasty (960–1279). They had been buried by ...

“There are only two monks in this small temple—you and me,” a young monk said to an old ...

This tale about a penniless man, who was rewarded with good fortune after giving away his last penny ...

Traditional craftsmanship is diminishing worldwide. We wouldn’t let our museum collections decay and disappear, so why do we ...

Words of Wisdom aims to highlight important morals, which we feel our readers will benefit from reading. We ...

Anyone who has read classic literature knows that there are things in old books that offend our sensibilities. ...

NEW YORK—The exact moment when twilight or, if you will, dusk begins can offer powerful and wonderful opportunities. ...

A 17th-century dolls’ house must number among the more unusual source “texts” through which we can find out ...

Marriage, as instituted by God, is the sacred union between a man and a woman that should be ...

Led by the Alaskan sun, the award-winning photographer Douglas A. Yates aligns himself with nature's time as he ...

The technique of tone painting goes as far back as the history of music. Even in the time of ...

Japan is known as the land of the rising sun. Apart from being a society filled with the ...

Words of Wisdom aims to highlight important morals, which we feel our readers will benefit from reading. We ...

Words of Wisdom aims to highlight important morals, which we feel our readers will benefit from reading. We ...

Recently, a behind-the-scenes look at artists’ lives was put on display in “Sketchbook Vol. 1,” the first exhibition held ...

When American photographer Edward S. Curtis first photographed Native Indians in 1906, he didn't know that was just the ...

The Second World War could have ended differently if not for a random act of kindness by former ...

The feast of St. Valentine has been associated with love since the Middle Ages. Back then, Valentine was ...

There are some fascinating accounts of traditional dentists using a little-known technique to pull teeth in a way ...

“As lovely as the winter sun,” says a Chinese expression that describes those who are so kind that ...

In 1932, the musicologist Wilfrid Perrett reported to an audience at the Royal Musical Association in London the ...

NEW YORK—Forgiving past hurts and moving forward is often easier said than done, especially when the reason for ...

Between the years of 1647 and 1652, Gian Lorenzo Bernini produced what is considered his greatest sculpture: “Ecstasy ...

St. Peter's Basilica in Rome can now be seen in a whole new light, after 100,000 LEDs were ...