El Greco’s triumphant altar painting “The Assumption of the Virgin” capitulated his career.

Titian’s innovations in portraiture inspired virtually all 17th-century European artists.

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.’

This solid off-Broadway production of Harold Brighouse’s 1916 play reminds theatergoers to look into a person’s heart.

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

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.

Examples of courage, wit, and faith are on display from those who have dedicated their lives to the service of their fellowmen.

In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit a monument to Catalan tradition.

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.

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.

In the first of two articles celebrating this patriotic song, this installment of “The Art of Liberty” brings out the beauty of Irving Berlin’s anthem.

In the first part of this installment of ‘The Art of Liberty,’ we learn how a church organist and college professor created ‘America the Beautiful.’

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.

He is the forgotten Founding Father who helped forge colonial unity as America’s first president of Congress.

How an Italian inventor without a university degree proved radio waves could cross oceans—launching the age of wireless communication.

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.

A CIA agent and an ex-Air Force pilot are stranded at the top of the world, and everybody’s coming after them.

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.