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These French portraits were most curious and valuable, and it is of them that I shall have most to say. Of the Italian school I was struck by a noble portrait by the Florentine Bronzino, a ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — John Waller has lived a notable life in Virginia Beach. The architect designed City Hall, several school buildings and dozens of homes. But now, deep in his golden years, ...

A remarkable Picasso picture with a striking backstory will hit the auction block at Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art evening sale in May. The painting, a portrait of the Spanish master’s lover ...

It’s the most famous subtle smile in the world. But a French scientist now says he has discovered something hiding beneath the surface of the “Mona Lisa.” EXPERT: MONA LISA IS REALLY DA VINCI’S MALE ...

Hazareesingh explains French intellectual life more clearly than his subjects themselves possibly could, caught up as they are in the discourses, habits of mind, and pathologies he describes. The book ...