Restoring a portrait held by the Carnegie Museum of Art revealed the true appearance of its subject, Isabella de' Medici. The painting was touched up in the 1800s with "Victorian biscuit tin features" ...

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Dante Alighieri’s long-time courtly love interest and spiritual guide throughout The Divine Comedy, Beatrice Portinari, has shaped visual representations of female dignity for centuries. Yet, since ...

Book Description: Victorian Art Criticism and the Woman Writer by John Paul M. Kanwit examines the development of specialized art commentary in a period when art education became a national concern in ...

In the cultural ether of Victorian England, Lilith—an ancient Talmudic seductress and the mythical first wife of Adam—arose as a figure of renewed fascination in popular culture, and one who embodied ...

Along with the Roman goddess of marriage, Juno, Valentine’s Day honors the Christian martyr St. Valentine. Persecuted by the Roman Emperor in A.D. 273, St. Valentine enjoys a legacy that has been ...

"This exhibition has been selected and researched, and the catalogue written by, Deborah Cherry." Exhibition at Rochdale Art Gallery; Camden Arts Centre; Victoria Art Gallery, Bath; and Southampton ...

The list, which covers structures in England and Wales, also includes the monumental Tees Transporter Bridge and a ...

"This volume of essays grew out of ... events held in Cambridge in June 1991 to commemorate the centenary of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, 1827-91 : a retrospective exhibition of her work ... held at ...