John Singer Sargent's most iconic portrait Madame X was the scandal of the 1884 Paris Salon. Here's the story behind the ...

As quiet as she was talented, Eva Gonzalès embodied the grace, modernity and freedom of early Impressionism, in an artistic ...

From Princess Diana to Princess Grace to Marie Antoinette, certain royals have influenced fashion for the ages.

Holy Week has always been a time to reflect. And if you’re staying home, watching religious movies may inspire introspection.

The article presents 19th-century photographic tableaux as early forms of social media – visual tools for connection, status, ...

Mr. Nelson made Berlioz (1803-1869), the wild man of 19th-century French music, his passion, performing and promoting his work ceaselessly during a career that stretched over 50 years on both ...

The epic 19th-century French drama The Count of Monte Cristo is a spirited adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ 1200-page novel of 1844. It’s almost three hours long yet passes in a heartbeat.

RICHARDS / AFP/File In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade ... imposed 100-percent tariffs in 1999 on a range of European goods, from French Roquefort cheese to Italian truffles.

As the world reels from US President Donald Trump's tariffs onslaught, here is a look back at some major trade wars since the 19th century ... from French Roquefort cheese to Italian truffles.

In doing so, the administration cited a 19th century lawsuit that denied U.S. citizenship to Native Americans. The case is called Elk v. Wilkins. The president’s executive order has been blocked ...

He is all about power politics in a crude and blustering way that is a disturbing and dangerous throwback to the 19th century. The danger of dividing the world into loosely defined “spheres of ...

21.5 x 13 cm. (8.5 x 5.1 in.) ...