June 2018
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A Dark Walk — Istanbul’s Basilica Cistern
The Basilica Cistern, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul (formerly Constantinople), Turkey.…
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Biography: Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874-1951) was a preeminent American illustrator whose work defined the visual culture of the early 20th century. Born…
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Roman Agora, Athens, Greece
The original Agora was encroached upon and obstructed by a series of Roman buildings, beginning with the imperial family’s gift to…
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Biography: Valentin Serov
Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov (1865-1911) was a prominent Russian painter and one of the leading portrait artists of the late 19th and…
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Portugal: The History of its Art
The story of Portuguese art begins long before there was a Portugal to name it—etched into megaliths, patterned into mosaics, and…
