In November 1847, the Pozsony Diet was opened by the emperor of the Austrian empire: Ferdinand. At that time, no one could ...

In 1848, France was on edge, and King Louis Philippe’s ban on political banquets pushed tensions over the edge. This coverage ...

"Description of the picture: from the Buffalo catalogue. 'the French Revolution of 1848' is painted on a canvas ten feet high by twenty feet long. It contains two hundred and fifty figures - many of ...

This evening, 19 young women will sweep into the Shangri-La in Paris for the most gilded society event of the year. Dressed ...

Identity representation of traditional dress in art, currently on view at the National Museum of Art of Romania (MNAR), ...

It was the most prosaic of equipment for the grandest of heists: a ladder, propped right under the noses of French guards.

Who was Jean-Adrien Philippe? ✓ The story of the watchmaking half of Patek Philippe ✓ The watchmaker who invented the winding ...

In a classroom in Fisk Hall, a small group of students sits down to talk about the intricacies of Karl Marx’s philosophy.

The 18th century often feels like a distant world of powdered wigs, candlelit salons, and horse-drawn carriages. But a recent Reddit post that went viral with more than 111 thousand upvotes and 2.9 ...

In a new book, Paul Gillingham tells the story of a nation that has thrived because of its diversity, not in spite of it.

No sooner did Bonaparte withdraw his breath than the soul went out of the new universe. Objects faded the moment that the ...

For the first time, the Sounds of the Season will be presented on two nights due to popular demand. The concert will open with the tintinnabulation (tintinnabulum is Latin for “bell”) from Century ...