Renaissance, Sandro Botticelli (1445–1510) is the creator of world-famous works such as The Birth of Venus. Adored by the Pre-Raphaelites centuries later for his evident romanticism, Botticelli ...

After Chardin mentioned to a fellow painter that any sum of money was appreciated, even for a portrait, his friend replied, ...

With his incredible mastery of chiaroscuro and his mysterious temperament, Rembrandt remains in people's minds as a genius of ...

Raphael is considered one of the greatest painters of the Renaissance. His masterful technique and untimely death have ...

The major cities of Central Europe built along the Danube were the focus of key battles in the war between Muslims and ...

When the twentieth century began, China was suffocating beneath the weight of the major Western powers. To be sure, the nation was compelled to open up economically, politically, and spiritually to ...

The painter of the Mona Lisa, a pure genius of the Renaissance, sketched in his notebooks objects, machines, and systems that ...

For several centuries, the United States was a slaveholding nation, until a civil war officially brought an end to the practice. Here’s a look back at this dark chapter in the country’s history.

Founder of electromagnetism, André-Marie Ampère gave his name to the unit of electric current. His major work also shaped the ...

Suleiman I, the most dazzling of the Ottoman sultans, illuminated the 16th century, reigning from 1520 to 1566. He was the ...

On September 30th, 1938, the Munich Agreement was ratified. They didn’t stop World War II from starting, but they had major repercussions for Czechoslovakia. The Munich Agreement was signed by Germany ...

The Medici family was a powerful and influential dynasty that dominated the political, economic, and cultural life of Florence and much of Italy from the 15th to the 18th century. Known for their ...