The 19th century in the West marked the first maturity of the ... was almost the last flowering of the traditional ethos that art’s purpose is to bring beauty into the world, yet it pointed to the ...

These works are saturated with symbols of a more traditional ideal of elite ... insights that can be gleaned from his art. Tissot’s 19th-century admirers certainly recognized his sparkling ...

La Jolla resident Peter Bowles is currently making his 13th painted tipi and nearing the end of a research effort with UC San ...

Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Allen County Public Library In the mid-19th century ... their ballots into miniature works of art, using patriotic and partisan symbols ...