To class-obsessed British traditionalists at the turn of 1800, the painting was a spectacular metaphor for the shining evil ...

By Dr. Lori Verderame In contemporary literature, the Order of the Knights Templar was the focus of novels by Dan Brown (“The DaVinci Code”), Umberto Ecco (“Foucault’s ...

The stories of these ten women show that leadership is not defined by one moment, but by the choices made along the way. Each ...

Never before or later in Polish architecture did the wealth of forms and details take on such a spectacular scale as in the Baroque era, when temples and palaces were designed with exceptional panache ...

The first person in the West who can be described as a professional tattoo artist was Martin Hildebrandt, a German émigré who ...

Tucked away in the rolling plains of North Central Kansas sits Beloit, a town that feels like it exists in a different dimension from our fast-paced, high-priced modern world.

Whether viewed from behind, up above, or beneath – as opposed to the usual straight-on view – here’s some of the planet’s ...

A new show featuring decommissioned statues dispels myths of American history at a moment when President Trump is insisting ...

Medieval historian Dr. Juliette Wood joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about folklore. Director: Lauren ...

A long overdue survey of Crite's work, which he said was a lifelong effort to "tell the story of man through the Black figure ...

The Greek National Anthem is one of the most recognizable and longest of all, written by the country's "National Poet" ...