Preferring creating prints over painting, Dürer propelled the Northern Renaissance by sharing ideas from rediscovered ancients with his art.

Guido Reni’s reverent rendering of the Immaculate Conception inspired artists and prayers.

After a 65-year hiatus, Rembrandt’s painting the ‘Vision of Zacharias in the Temple’ returns to his oeuvre.

The luminous landscape painter developing a regional variant rooted in the Ohio and Little Miami river valleys.

Patience, craft, and the revival of pastoral traditions are exhibited in Bouguereau’s ‘The Knitting Girl.’

Velázquez’s painting ‘The Fable of  Arachne’ illustrates that improper pride comes before a fall.

The tension between admiration and possession is compared in Grimshaw’s canvas and John Galsworthy’s ‘The Forsyte Saga.’

The book-turned-movie-turned-musical is a family favorite that combines plenty of laughs with a clever moral.

Based on a sensational novel that was also adapted into a 2025 movie, this play examines the story behind ‘Hamlet’ and Shakespeare’s forgotten only son.

Viewers are likely more familiar with the film version of ‘Holiday,’ but the modernized theater version is superb.

The veteran actress plays to age in this Woody Allen flavored New York-based comedy.

British filmmakers Powell and Pressburger do it again with a fabulous technicolor film.

Season 1 of the series shows the clash of cultures in primeval Britain.

Associations organized by merchants and craftsmen served as the social and economic backbone of many medieval towns.

In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit a formidable diva among architectural masterpieces in Budapest.

For the Greeks and the Romans, creativity was inseparable from love, hope, and desire.

In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit a Medieval-turned-Renaissance palace in Florence.

Vision, community building, and entrepreneurial grit are key to successful small towns.

In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit a palatial, oil-boom-era mansion in Beaumont, Texas.

The Seventh Labor of Herakles reveals that true strength lies not in domination but in mastering and carrying out power responsibly.

This unique international photography competition highlights the best of humanity.

The Gold Award winner said he wants to share a message through his photography, which is that the world needs truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance.

The 7th NTD International Figure Painting Competition asks artists to elevate conscience over virtuosity.

Time rather than critics determines whether music is worthy or not.

The ‘Enigma Variations’ consists of an ’Enigma' theme followed by 14 variations, each portraying one of Elgar’s close friends through a musical sketch.

A blacksmith’s hammer inspired the founding scientific principles of music theory.

Celtic-inspired vocalist Misty Posey chats about the instrument’s historic ties to Scotland.

Sibelius’ Symphony No. 7 did not follow symphony conventions of four movements nor did it try to sound unique by choosing a little used key. He chose C Major.

The country artist is getting back to his live music roots and promises to give his fans a ’special, unique experience.’

Beethoven’s Sonata No. 8 Op. 13 opens with a dramatic slow section that repeats and deepens questions to the fiery intense ones.

From boyhood companions to fellow founders, Jefferson’s enduring friendships influenced both his character and the nation he helped build.

In ‘This Week in History,’ a new doll makes its debut at the 1959 Toy Fair in New York City and becomes an American icon.

Why you should always suspect the stew.

When the second plane hit the World Trade Center, security guard Godwin Ajala stayed behind to help others escape—a choice that cost him his life.

In this installment of ‘History Off the Beaten Path,’ we visit an antebellum Tennessee home significant for how it accommodated Civil War casualties.

With the war at a stalemate, Britain pursued an alternate strategy: winning the war from the South. Standing in its way were the Patriots of North Carolina.

Newly released from prison, his new job in an eccentric mansion might send him right back behind bars.

They found a gleam of hope on the fringes of war’s dark shadow.

Random House’s high-profile chief Bennett Cerf is celebrated in Gayle Feldman’s extensive biography.