Nuclear cultural impacts can be analyzed through the nuclear allegory of Godzilla, Cold War literature, the dystopia of the Fallout series and the art of anti-nuclear protest.

Who knows? The illustrious ancient city, renowned for its refinement, was in fact the result of the genius of several peoples—including barbarians—who contributed to its splendor before Rome took ...

Titian spent his early years in Pieve di Cadore, in the Veneto region. He came from a well-off family—his father was a militia captain and mine inspector. However, despite this privilege, his formal ...

Today, the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World have (almost) all vanished, leaving behind only stories and fragments of their ...

Why are these muscular, athletic men—with angelic faces and broad chests—depicted with a phallus that seems ...

Édouard Manet initially planned a career in the navy, despite his talent for drawing. After leaving school in 1848, he joined the French Navy. He failed the entrance exam for the Naval Academy (École ...

Poussin’s genius lay not only in his talent but also in his innovative techniques. Before painting, he would sculpt small wax figurines, dress them in fabric, and place them inside an optical box. He ...

Alongside his career as a painter, Vermeer also took up one of his late father’s trades and became an art dealer. His reputation peaked in 1662 when he was appointed head of the Guild of Saint Luke, a ...

An essential figure of Viennese Symbolist painting, Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) is renowned for his portraits and feminine ...