The prosperity of the Victorian era (1837-1901) transformed the British art world from a small group of artists who painted for the nobility into a robust community of artists who were free to create ...

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 ...

A ring of human skulls originally circled 16th-century magician John Dee in a painting by the English artist Henry Gillard Glindoni. Henry Gillard Glindoni, “John Dee performing an experiment before ...

"Antiques Roadshow" is a great guilty pleasure for wannabe antiquers, but once in awhile their appraisers find some truly unique gems. Recently, one guest showed off a portrait that had been in his ...

Myles Russell Cook works for the National Gallery of Victoria. During the night of September 7 1936, the last remaining thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, popularly referred to by the name of “Benjamin” ...

Brian May, the former guitarist of the rock band Queen, has lent a collection of rare stereoscopic images depicting Victorian paintings to Tate Britain, which will display them alongside the original ...

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...