Why it mattered: The combination of canvas, oil paint and perspective enabled European artists to “create the most realistic ...

Akron is the only Midwest city to show Native American artist Kent Monkman's exhibition "History is Painted by the Victors." ...

A new exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts spotlights 40 women who found fame in the Low Countries between 1600 and 1750, including Koerten, Judith Leyster and Clara Peeters Meilan ...

Introduction to the histories of art and the practice of art history. You will encounter a range of arts (including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints) and artistic practices from ...

In the 1780s, French painter Pierre Henri de Valenciennes produced a landscape of the Channel coast. To do so, he painted not from memory or from a sketch, but directly from the source—by stepping ...

With open seating and rounded ceilings, the Frick Collection’s newest auditorium offers a modern touch to the otherwise ...

We’ve all seen famous paintings and iconic buildings - but how often do we actually stop and ask what style they belong ...

Zhuang Wubin provides a solid framework for critically exploring the region's varied histories and notable practitioners of an oft-unsung medium. The book is the first serious attempt to ...

With an art history degree, you can work in museums, galleries, archives, auction houses, publishing, design, marketing, education, and more. Graduates commonly ...