In this installment of ‘Art of Liberty,’ we meet Louisa May Alcott’s youngest sister who displayed a talent for painting, illustration, and travel writing.

El Greco’s triumphant altar painting “The Assumption of the Virgin” capitulated his career.

Titian’s innovations in portraiture inspired virtually all 17th-century European artists.

Preferring creating prints over painting, Dürer propelled the Northern Renaissance by sharing ideas from rediscovered ancients with his art.