Although best known as an architect, Mackintosh drew and painted throughout his career and when he moved to the south of France, he focused solely on landscape painting for the first time.
The Plaster Cast Workshop of the GrandPalaisRmn has molds of more than 6,000 artworks such as the “Venus de Milo” and Alexander the Great’s foot.
The bronze statuettes appear to correspond to fresco fragments also found in the Roman domus in Reims in northeastern France.
From his mystical poetry to his unique sketch of Christ Crucified, St. John of the Cross reveals the beauty of suffering in union with God.
This painting shaped the way modern society envisions the ancient Roman gladiator. But was it historically accurate?
When the Museum of Fine Arts has sold works of art in its collection recently it’s often been with an eye toward acquiring a specific artwork: a rare canvas by Surrealist Remedios Varo ...
Thousands of people have taken to the streets across France to protest against sexual violence. The protests on Saturday come two days before the International Day for the Elimination of Violence ...
Picasso paintings. Jasper Johns ale cans. Irving Penn photos. The cosmetics heir created the model for the headline-grabbing donation that museums dream of today. By Carol Vogel The Smithsonian ...
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After the fire, archaeologists were given unprecedented permission to dig under the cathedral. What they found astounded them.
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