You can see Fabritius’ hallmarks in Vermeer’s work: the crumbling plaster, the light and shadow, the startling compositions, ...

Like so many of Europe's small-town wonders, Bruges is now well-pickled because its economy went sour so quickly. Here's how ...

The Detroit Institute of Arts is presenting a special exhibition that reunites, for the first time in more than two centuries, a portrait with the elaborate armor depicted within it.

Lucas Horenbout, also known as Lucas Hornebolt, was a Flemish painter who worked in England as the king’s painter. He was ...

As Stendhal knew, the reason for art is to make you feel. Do not try to grasp the artwork: allow it to grasp you instead ...

Born in Seville in 1599, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was the very embodiment of Spain's artistic golden age. Erich Lessing / Art Resource ... saw Velázquez’s portrait of him in ...

She came of age in the funky ’70s but on this ... to honor living legends from burlesque’s golden era and declining days before the art form’s ’90s revival. Ice headlines Legendary ...

1625, was identified for years in 20th-century art texts as an early ... in the winter of 1631-32 when the Flemish master Anthony Van Dyck painted Lievens' portrait and not Rembrandt's.

Risqué illustrations of scandalous affairs and humorous digs at London’s elite, this was the golden age of caricature in Georgian England ... It became a major art form and was also a visual record of ...

It’s a wonderland of treasure-packed museums, Golden Age ... art, culture, and history. The Museumplein district allows you to jump right into Dutch history, culture and more by visiting some of ...