Roaming Europe, we admire stately Neoclassical buildings and dramatic Romantic paintings. Around 1800, Europe was in transition, reflected in two art styles. First, we visit Europe’s great cities with ...

Brutus Condemning His Sons to Death (around 1788), created by Guillaume Lethière when he was in his 20s, helped make the artist’s name Courtesy Clark Art Institute Neo-Classicism, arguably the world’s ...

Mapping the world is not a new thought process. It's fairly simple to track the evolution of world maps, in particular, going back centuries. Humans have always had the urge to explore and illustrate ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. These minds do indeed transcend, however, in “Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings, 1550–1800,” currently on display ...

A 18th-century bust created by artist Edmé Bouchardon, who served sculptor to French King Louis XV, and was later bought by a Scottish local government for just a few pounds may soon be sold for ...

Art Studio Turned Living Room: The grand proportions and decorative details — fireplaces on two sides, a northern-exposure skylight, and pink walls — haven’t changed since Whitney used the space as ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...