From Versailles to New Orleans: A New Home for Rare Sèvres Porcelain
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From Versailles to New Orleans: A New Home for Rare Sèvres Porcelain

The New Orleans Museum of Art exhibits welcomes more than 100 decorative objects and tablewares to its permanent collection.

In Awe of Zurbarán’s Life-Size St. Francis Paintings
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In Awe of Zurbarán’s Life-Size St. Francis Paintings

The Spanish painter’s reverent renderings of the saint’s life and miracles.

Before ‘The Odyssey’ Hit Theaters, Painters Illustrated the Epic Poem’s Best Scenes
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Before ‘The Odyssey’ Hit Theaters, Painters Illustrated the Epic Poem’s Best Scenes

The 18th-century painting captures the moment when Odysseus is stripped down, tested, and remade.

Why Ancient Medicine Values Wholesome Art and Beauty
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Why Ancient Medicine Values Wholesome Art and Beauty

Healthy-living relies on more than eating wholesome food and drink. It involves cherishing our senses, and surprisingly, great art can help.

How Thomas Jefferson and European Architecture Shaped America
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How Thomas Jefferson and European Architecture Shaped America

Ancient architecture inspired America’s first architects to build the new republic.

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From Versailles to New Orleans: A New Home for Rare Sèvres Porcelain

From Versailles to New Orleans: A New Home for Rare Sèvres Porcelain

The New Orleans Museum of Art exhibits welcomes more than 100 decorative objects and tablewares to its permanent collection.

Moses Williams: Freedom Through Art

Moses Williams: Freedom Through Art

In this installment of ‘The Art of Liberty,’ we meet a man who left his creative imprint on the Peale dynasty of artists.

In Awe of Zurbarán’s Life-Size St. Francis Paintings

In Awe of Zurbarán’s Life-Size St. Francis Paintings

The Spanish painter’s reverent renderings of the saint’s life and miracles.

Before ‘The Odyssey’ Hit Theaters, Painters Illustrated the Epic Poem’s Best Scenes

Before ‘The Odyssey’ Hit Theaters, Painters Illustrated the Epic Poem’s Best Scenes

The 18th-century painting captures the moment when Odysseus is stripped down, tested, and remade.

Why Ancient Medicine Values Wholesome Art and Beauty

Why Ancient Medicine Values Wholesome Art and Beauty

Healthy-living relies on more than eating wholesome food and drink. It involves cherishing our senses, and surprisingly, great art can help.

How Thomas Jefferson and European Architecture Shaped America

How Thomas Jefferson and European Architecture Shaped America

Ancient architecture inspired America’s first architects to build the new republic.

Rediscovering the Pre-Raphaelite Artist Marie Spartali Stillman

Rediscovering the Pre-Raphaelite Artist Marie Spartali Stillman

Spartali Stillman pushed the boundaries of watercolor, making her pictures rival the effects of oil paint.

A Surging of Life: Thomas Bewick’s Illustrations of the Natural World

A Surging of Life: Thomas Bewick’s Illustrations of the Natural World

How Thomas Bewick used detailed wood engravings of animals and birds to inspire in young people a lifelong appreciation for the natural world.

Behold the Beauty: A Goldsmith’s Often Diplomatic, Geological Masterpieces

Behold the Beauty: A Goldsmith’s Often Diplomatic, Geological Masterpieces

Johann Christian Neuber crafted fascinating and collectible Saxon hardstone treasures.