Snowflakes provide many of us with our earliest impressions of what it means to be unique. Even within a group—the flakes so ...

Ducal Palace is the largest architectural museum in Italy, and was home to the Gonzaga family from the 14th to the 18th ...

Valentine's cards and gifts have their roots in English traditions — but Americans have long embraced them for romantic ...

Throughout history, clothing has not only served as a basic necessity but has also been a powerful form of expression, a ...

A Luxembourg museum has scooped three portraits by 18th century painter Monique Daniche, featuring the elite of Strasbourg ...

Workers uncovered elaborate frescoes hidden behind a mantel in a church. The glittering works of art are revealing more about ...

Northern Portugal’s Douro Valley is home to a wide range of cultural experiences — whether it’s hiking through pine forests, ...

Since humans discovered the power and capability that comes with numbers, we have lived in societies that enable us to … ...

The 18th-century painting by Charles Willson Peale had previously been the subject of mismanaged restoration attempts. Now, experts in Versailles are bringing it back in line with the artist's origina ...

How to revive an 18th-century upstate farmhouse without resorting to cliché? By pretending a made-up person lives there too.

Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.

Husband Gwilym Prichard and wife Claudia Williams had decided against selling their paintings though they were later valued ...