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How did Fra Angelico help shape the art of the Italian Renaissance with these three masterpieces?
A strange statement by the resurrected Christ, ‘Noli Me Tangere’ made ripples through the art world as creatives interpreted and responded to this mysterious saying.
It doesn’t take a Sherlock Holmes to deduce which writer pioneered detective fiction. Edgar Allan Poe also gave life to the horror short story.
The French philosopher-provocateur, Jean Baudrillard, was one of the rare celebrities of late-20th-century Western intellectual life.
Discover five Black women writers who shaped literature by challenging societal norms and encouraging other Black women to share their own experiences, struggles, and triumphs.
What makes a book so controversial that it goes to trial? Here are eight books prosecuted for obscenity and the reasons they caused scandal.
James McNeill Whistler’s works marvelously explored the subtle variety of light and tone, although his eccentric personality sometimes made it hard to appreciate the effort.
This is the life story of French poetry's celebrated decadent dandy, Charles Baudelaire.
