Biltmore Estate: Where Affluence Abounds
A member of one of America’s most affluent 19th-century families realized his architectural dream in the western North Carolina home he named Biltmore Estate. The name is loosely derived from ...
07-6-2023
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Architecture: Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage
“You enter a large and spacious hall or vestibule, the walls covered with a very splendid French paper—beautiful scenery, figures, etc.—the floor an oil cloth. … To the ...
07-4-2023
A US First: Leonardo’s Ingenious Drawings Visit Washington
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael created the epitome of Renaissance art. Most of us know Leonardo’s artistic brilliance through his best-known paintings, the “Mona Lisa” and “The ...
07-3-2023
The Perpetual Return: Fidelity in the ‘Odyssey’
What does it mean to return? What does it mean to come home? Home is where one belongs, the people and places that are ours while we are ...
07-2-2023
Celebrating Those Who Worked and Fought for U.S. Independence
John Singleton Copley (1738–1815), John Trumbull (1756–1843), and Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828) are three of the most important early American artists. Their work captured scenes of colonial, revolutionary, and ...
07-1-2023
A Classic MGM Musical: ‘Two Weeks With Love’ (1950)
NR | 1 hr 32 min | musical, comedy, romance| 1950 School is now out across the country, so many American families are using this time to take ...
06-30-2023
Drayton Hall: Rich in Southern History
Despite nearly three centuries in existence, Drayton Hall (built between 1738 and 1750) on the Ashley River in Charleston, South Carolina, lives on and, in fact, is an active archeological ...
06-26-2023
Thomas Cole Unbound: Biography of America’s Revered Landscape Painter
Born in England’s industrial northeast in 1801, artist Thomas Cole emigrated to America as a young man. Here, he found a country brimming with unchartered and untamed wilderness. ...
06-25-2023
Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for June 23–29
This week, we feature a real-life story about the dream of an eccentric motorcyclist and a rousing drama about a boxer making a comeback. New Release ‘Warhorse One’ ...
06-23-2023
Galapagos and Africa: Nature Is Here
The South American islands that inspired Charles Darwin are home to 21 endemic species of birds, giant tortoises, iguanas, and penguins. There is another place on earth that ...
06-20-2023
Sunsets Over the Spanish Islands
On an extraordinary journey among Spain's most beautiful islands to appreciate their sea, customs, fiery sunsets, and diverse cultures, we will visit Ibiza, Formentera, Gran Canaria, and Tenerife—a ...
06-20-2023
An Aestival Festival: Some Poems for the Summer
From generals to lieutenants, the best military commanders study the lay of the land and the weather ahead of any mission. How steep are the hills? Are the ...
06-19-2023
A Pork’s Guide to Virtue: “Five Little Pigs”
This little piggy went to market, This little piggy stayed home, This little piggy had roast beef This little piggy had none, And this little piggy cried wee ...
06-19-2023
Virgin and Child: Giovanni Bellini’s Quintessential Theme
The 15th-century artist Giovanni Bellini, beloved for his serene style, is being fêted at the Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris. The exhibition “Giovanni Bellini: Crossed Influences” is the first ...
06-17-2023
De Young Museum Sprang Into Summer With ‘Bouquets to Art’
SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco welcomed summer with a burst of vibrant colors and a fragrant scent that led right to the door of the city's premier museum, the de ...
06-16-2023
Gan Jing World Holds Its First Photo Contest, Receiving Touching Entries
Gan Jing World, a new U.S.-based information platform, is hosting its first Father’s Day Photo Awards, running from June 1 to the end of the month. Organizers say ...
06-15-2023
The Watchman’s Canoe
This film is only available in the United States and the UK because of territorial licensing. A young girl named Jett struggles to fit in with her peers ...
06-15-2023
Guido Reni and the Union of Drawing and Color
The enlightening exhibition “Guido Reni,” currently on view at the Prado Museum, is the first of its kind in Spain. Guido Reni (1575–1642) was one of the most ...
06-13-2023
What It Means to Be a Father
Good fathers are surprisingly absent in great works of literature. It would be easier to compile a list of weak, tyrannical, or simply absent fathers vanishing from the ...
06-13-2023
George Herbert’s ‘The Pulley’: The Gifts of Rest and Restlessness
“Our hearts are restless until they rest in you,” wrote St. Augustine. Over 1,000 years later, George Herbert wrote a poem giving us the backstory as to why ...
06-13-2023
James Walker’s ‘The Battle of Lookout Mountain’
The 13-foot by 30-foot “Battle of Lookout Mountain” painting has only been on display at the Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor Center since 1986. For close to half a ...
06-12-2023
Bath Abbey: The Best of English Gothic Architecture
Bath Abbey rises upward from the heart of the ancient Roman city of Bath, in the southwest of England. The church is regarded as an English architectural treasure, ...
06-12-2023
When a Culture Loses Touch With Its Mythos
In her wonderful book, “The Battle for God,” Karen Armstrong, drawing on the work of other eminent scholars, introduces us to a central reason why there has been ...
06-11-2023