Fine Arts & Craftsmanship

How often do you get up early during the school year, stroll outdoors, and listen to the birds as the sun comes up? That joyful symphony is called the "dawn ...

Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (translated as Pisa Cathedral Square) was conceived in a time when Pisa held a ...

Let’s close our eyes and imagine the best version of ourselves. What does this look like for us? ...

In 1716, poet Alexander Pope received a letter from writer Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who had just seen ...

Five hundred years ago, Michelangelo forced popes, princes, and prelates to crane their necks and gaze at heaven. ...

We are often encouraged to realize our dreams over the course of our lives. Some want to start ...

From his basement studio in Brooklyn, New York, American sculptor Justin Ryan Kendall creates affordable plaster casts of ...

With much of Europe gradually opening up after months of varying levels of lockdown, many of us may ...

What is heaven’s will? We may have heard that we should follow the will of heaven, but what ...

Have you ever tried to recall the sound of another person’s voice? It’s difficult to do when you ...

It’s a first for Sotheby’s NY. From July 16 through to July 26, the prestigious auction house will ...

With much of Europe gradually opening up after months of varying levels of lockdown, many of us may ...

Michelangelo Buonarroti is undeniably one of the greatest artists in history. He was born in 1475 and lived ...

Some 18 years ago, Minnesota-born Cody Swanson arrived in Italy on a two-way ticket as a fresh-faced 18-year-old ...

New York's finest treasures, including five centuries of European Masterpieces, are now on display in Queensland, Australia in ...

There is a sound in Switzerland unlike any other, and one that rarely crosses the country’s borders. No, ...

Have you ever had a moment when you felt anger rise from the pit of your stomach? Maybe ...

The Philadelphia City Hall is like a distinguished gentleman, who is noble in his contribution to the city, ...

Neoclassical sculptor Horatio Greenough’s marble statue of George Washington is a wondrous work of art in more ways ...

Beautiful paintings in “The Art of Zhen Shan Ren International Art Exhibition” warn Texas residents of the real ...

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. —Leonardo da Vinci I once saw Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.” Then, ...

In 1805, Napoléon Bonaparte promised “triumphal arches” to his troops after they won the Battle of Austerlitz. The ...

I’ve taught in college for over a decade now, and I often wonder what makes a good teacher? ...

Maine-based realist painter Joel Babb very nearly became an abstract expressionist. But a series of events compelled him ...

King Philip II inherited the Spanish Empire in 1556, including territories on every continent then known to Europeans. ...

Art lovers can spot Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s trademark Madonnas from across a room. The Spanish painter’s ethereal, raven-haired, ...

Preeminent Flemish baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens famously painted dynamic and dramatic, action-packed religious and mythological paintings.  He ...