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Museums and the Past explores the central role of museums as memory keepers and makers.

Canada’s brand of nationalism celebrates diversity – so long as it doesn’t challenge the unity, authority, or legitimacy of the state.

In 1953, Esref Armagan was born completely blind to a poor family in Istanbul, Turkey.

Presents an account of Guernica, the masterpiece painted by Pablo Picasso, and the event that inspired it, the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica by Hitler's Luftwaffe.

Professor Finan examines the castle from a variety of contemporary perspectives, including those of history, archaeology, geography, and landscape studies.

Professor Susan A.

Proulx vividly recounts the ups and downs of building her dream house on a nature preserve in Wyoming.

Professor Carroll William Westfall delves into the classical principles of Western architecture, exploring features such as ornamentation, decoration, and innovation.

Few could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A.O.

The Bayeux Tapestry is the world's most famous textile--an exquisite 230-foot-long embroidered panorama depicting the events surrounding the Norman Conquest of 1066.

What separates a masterpiece from a piece of junk?

The art market has been booming. Museum attendance is surging. More people than ever call themselves artists.

Everybody knows the picture: a man, meticulously rendered by Leonardo da Vinci, standing with arms and legs outstretched in a circle and a square.

A dazzling history of the modest family that rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe, The Medici is a remarkably modern story of power, money, and ambition.

From ancient Egypt through the nineteenth century, Sexual Personae explores the provocative connections between art and pagan ritual; between Emily Dickinson and the Marquis de Sade; between Lord B