The 19th century in the West marked the first maturity of the modern age, and artists reacted to modernity in a complex way. They partially embraced it but also valued the pre-modern past that the new ...

Surrealism and Pop Art remain some of the most popular and loved art movements of the 20th century, well-known even by those ...

Let me set the scene. Natural light pours in through arched windows trimmed with stained glass, staircases are lined with intricately curved railing, and soft but bold colors come to life through ...

A ceramic jug found in Germantown, PA turns out to be an example of a significant 19th century protective relic and piece of art — a face jug — created by African American slaves and freedmen ...