A decade after his brutal murder, Zdzisław Beksiński’s paintings hold the world spellbound. Is the universal fascination they evoke the result of their author’s own gruesome tragedies, or did ...

Welcome to part three of this history of the world through objects, which we pick up between 1400 and 1500. As always, we're looking at 'things', that tell us about how societies organised ...

Suleiman the Magnificent was the leader of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566, during his rule, he launched three separate ...

also hold a special position and constitute the most magnificent part of the rock paintings. Scenes of hunters, weapons and ways of hunting are depicted in these paintings. Certain rules were ...

The deceased was a lover of art, and invested large sums of money in the collection of valuable paintings. After directing that $3,000 shall be paid to Augustus... View Full Article in ...