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During moments of particularly unprecedented political and social unrest, there are very specific art movements that emerge to give meaning and expression to the unknowable.
The emergent youth culture of the 1950s created a new genre of film in which teenagers were both the subject matter and the target audience.
Thousands of years after their emergence, classical myths still excite us. Mythology surrounds us, and our fascination with Renaissance art keeps this love alive.
Follow Dante as he ascends Mount Purgatory alongside his guide, Virgil, learn about the theology of the supernatural place, and meet some of its most famous “residents.”
The Ambassadors is one of the most beloved and puzzling Renaissance portraits. Why do people love it so much?
Once a part of Indian court dress, the cashmere shawl traveled across continents to become an obsession in French fashion during the 19th century.
Lord Byron shocked Regency England with his chaotic love affairs and forbidden relationships, forcing him into a permanent continental exile.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky concealed his forbidden identity in czarist Russia by encoding his profound emotional suffering into his greatest music.
