Constellations are among humankind’s earliest creations and can be more revealing in some ways than the pottery and tools unearthed by archaeologists.
Amid the gold-rush atmosphere of the current art world, a strange philosophy has emerged: laissez-faire aesthetics.
Evidence seems strong that Edouard Manet used photographic prints and lighting to make some of his best-known paintings, but, says a critic, for him "photography seems to have motivated, and even abetted, a kind of counter-photographic style.”
Many scholars point out that Chinese hegemony is far from assured, and that in its climb to power and wealth China has disappointed new friends and attracted unsavory allies.
Fifteen years of freedom have transformed the language of Ukraine just as they have changed the nation.
More than 30 years after the end of the Vietnam War, the most heavily bombed regions seem to be slightly better off than similar villages throughout Vietnam that escaped the explosives.
Bai Gano, the fictional satiric character who has become a legend in Bulgarian literature, was invented at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
Rebuffed by the European Union, angered by U.S. policies in the Middle East, and governed by an Islamist political party, Turkey seems to have every reason to turn its back on the West. To most Turks, however, that would be inconceivable.
The history of rebuilding cities after major disasters does not bode well for New Orleans.
Some of the greatest artists of the 20th century share one curious trait: misaligned eyes.