Textiles are key to nailing the Byzantine vibe. Big, heavy fabrics with complex patterns and embroidery turn any room into a palace. Hang tapestries or thick rugs with geometric or floral motifs on ...

For climate activists, the current moment is almost unbearably bleak. But the task is clear: to build a mass movement that ...

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Alexander Anufriev, a nonconformist artist from the Soviet Union who, after surviving a devastating earthquake in his 20s, spent decades making expressive, brightly colored paintings of a single ...

This brief chapter of art history is often overlooked. Now, an exhibition in New York City makes a strong argument for the ...

Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped ...

A tremendous poster greets visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Advertising the show of the season, "Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350," the poster features a detail from the ...

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A decade after the discovery of the “amplituhedron,” physicists have excavated more of the timeless geometry underlying the ...

When Daniel Ho purchased a home in Palo Alto in 2015, he had to sign property records that said the “property shall not be used or occupied by any person of African, Japanese or Chinese or any ...

The Israel Antiquities Authority's brand-new digs are more than a museum. While checking out the exhibits, visitors can also ...

Some say it’s the dark blue color of the water ... the town and the main beach is Riva Castle, a 1,500-year-old Byzantine citadel. And if you believe the ancient legends, the cliffs and offshore ...