New Old Time
James Bateman and the Golden Age of British Rai...
In the interwar years, British railway companies commissioned some of the finest graphic artists of the age to produce posters that transformed travel into an art form. James Bateman's 1939...
James Bateman and the Golden Age of British Rai...
In the interwar years, British railway companies commissioned some of the finest graphic artists of the age to produce posters that transformed travel into an art form. James Bateman's 1939...
Audubon and The Birds of America: The Most Ambi...
Between 1827 and 1838, John James Audubon published The Birds of America — 435 hand-colored aquatint plates in the Double Elephant Folio format, documenting every bird species known in North...
Audubon and The Birds of America: The Most Ambi...
Between 1827 and 1838, John James Audubon published The Birds of America — 435 hand-colored aquatint plates in the Double Elephant Folio format, documenting every bird species known in North...
Victorian Earth Science: Geology, Palaeontology...
In the 19th century, geology and palaeontology transformed humanity's understanding of the Earth and its history. Victorian scientists mapped deep time, named the great geological eras, and revealed a planet...
Victorian Earth Science: Geology, Palaeontology...
In the 19th century, geology and palaeontology transformed humanity's understanding of the Earth and its history. Victorian scientists mapped deep time, named the great geological eras, and revealed a planet...
Arentina Arendsen and the Art of Dutch Botanica...
Arentina Hendrica Arendsen was one of the 19th century's most accomplished botanical still life painters. Working in Haarlem at the height of the Dutch bulb industry, she contributed to Haarlem's...
Arentina Arendsen and the Art of Dutch Botanica...
Arentina Hendrica Arendsen was one of the 19th century's most accomplished botanical still life painters. Working in Haarlem at the height of the Dutch bulb industry, she contributed to Haarlem's...
Simonetta Vespucci: The Beauty That Inspired Bo...
She died at twenty-two, and Botticelli never forgot her. Simonetta Vespucci — the most celebrated beauty of Quattrocento Florence, the beloved of Giuliano de' Medici, the muse who became a...
Simonetta Vespucci: The Beauty That Inspired Bo...
She died at twenty-two, and Botticelli never forgot her. Simonetta Vespucci — the most celebrated beauty of Quattrocento Florence, the beloved of Giuliano de' Medici, the muse who became a...
The Dutch Golden Age and Amsterdam's Dominance ...
In the 17th century, Amsterdam was the cartographic capital of the world. The great publishing houses of the Dutch Golden Age — Blaeu, Hondius, Jansson, de Wit — produced maps...
The Dutch Golden Age and Amsterdam's Dominance ...
In the 17th century, Amsterdam was the cartographic capital of the world. The great publishing houses of the Dutch Golden Age — Blaeu, Hondius, Jansson, de Wit — produced maps...