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.

A London exhibition is exploring the relationship between the 19th-century British designer William Morris and Islamic art ...

London – A rediscovered masterpiece in watercolour, A Reception in the Harem by John Frederick Lewis (1804-1876), unseen in public for over 60 years, leads Bonhams 19th Century & Orientalist ... Yale ...

A ceramic jug found in Germantown, PA turns out to be an example of a significant 19th century protective relic and piece of art — a face jug — created by African American slaves and freedmen ...

from the 17th Century to the end of the 19th Century. These clips are taken from the BBC series The Britain that Women Made. Suitable for: Art and Design and History at KS3 in England, Wales and ...