Construction on the cathedral began in 1388 and continued for more than 600 years, with the final major addition completed in ...
Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum on Friday opens the biggest exhibition ever devoted to art inspired by "Metamorphoses", Roman poet ...
Historical accounts of the Punic Wars—and many other ancient wars—often paint a picture of soldiers riding in on imposing ...
On a recent weeknight, long after the swarms of tourists had left Rome’s Colosseum, a small group of people walked around outside the darkened amphitheater, pausing every so often to take in a new ...
Starting February 2, Rome’s Trevi Fountain introduced a €2 (about $2.
On a recent weeknight, long after the swarms of tourists had left Rome's Colosseum, a small group of people walked around outside the darkened ...
Books & the Arts / In A.E. Stallings’s Frieze Frame, the poet retells the many conflicts, political and cultural, the ...
Los Angeles has so much more to offer culture-wise beyond movies and music—it actually has more museums per capita than any ...
My husband Ron and I had four days to cover ten attractions, giving generous time to each. We succeeded. We loved our stay in Leeds, enhanced by ...
In some cultures, menstruation and childbirth are treated as polluting, not life-giving. One Buddhist text’s interpretation ...
COMMENTARY: The much-maligned resurrection sculpture in the Paul VI Hall reveals a deeper truth about Christ’s wounds, glory ...
In a superb, mystical retrospective, the painter sheds social trappings – and her clothes – as she uses her enormous intelligence to paint purely ...