New research into the life of a Black child servant in an 18th century portrait reveals how he became a musician for the ...

Dreweatts is to offer a historic painting of Englefield House (in Berkshire), which shows the owner of the house Powlett ...

Experts added a carbon fiber pole to help anchor the "Apollo Belvedere," which had developed cracks along the legs and knees.

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) is the most famous playwright in history, though ironically, we know very little about his life and perhaps even less about what he really looked like.

In art, there have been many eras, ages, and phases. Be it the Dutch Golden Age, or the Renaissance era, every art style has ...

"Private Lives" explores how intimate spaces have evolved over recent centuries, showcasing everything from famous paintings ...

But many of the other paintings, including works by less famous 17th- and 18th-century painters like Jan van Goyen, Salomon van Ruysdael and Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin were nowhere to be found.

Dora23 Budapest, Hungary’s capital, is a city of eclectic history and culture, and it shows in every aspect of its existence, ...

A Reddit user called shystone combined Google Street Views of London with famous 18th and 19th century paintings to create highly unique then-and-now images (via My Modern Met and/r/London).

America is full of eerie restaurants and bars. You can dine alongside a Revolutionary War ghost in New England, on a ...

Famed for its annual Christmas book, the retail brand offers items this year ranging from an 18th century Spanish Carriage to ...

Long before AI and robotics shaped our modern world, the 18th century witnessed the rise of automata — mechanical wonders ...