Art

Fernand Léger’s experience in the trenches changed his perception of art and transformed a bourgeois artist into a fighter for workers’ rights.

Although many people are familiar with the art historical term “Orientalism,” today, far fewer know about the man who coined it.

Few diaries are as treasured as the one written by Anne Frank, a precocious, gabby girl living in Holland during World War II.

According to Freud, artists have a unique quality of sublimating their desires into creative fantasies and sharing them with their audience.

The “Windsor Beauties” were painted by Peter Lely in the 17th century. Each portrait depicts an attractive woman from the court of King Charles II.

Touring Anselm Kiefer’s southern French estate is like exploring his brain—especially the feminine side. From resin-cast bride dresses to lead-draped beds, La Ribaute celebrates women.

Elizabeth Gaskell was a well-regarded and prolific author during her short life. Although her works fell out of favor for many decades, she now has a reputation for being one of the most important figures of the Victorian era.

The impressive structures left behind by the Inca reveal a civilization that excelled in both architecture and engineering.