Introduction: constructing space and identity in the eighteenth-century interior / Denise Amy Baxter -- Section one: crossing boundaries, making space -- The ascendancy of the interior in ...

Hundreds of years ago in Europe, long before the time of selfie sticks and digital cameras and the internet, artists were commissioned to document major rituals, religious processions and events of ...

During the 17th century, Europeans were increasingly exposed to world cultures that existed around them. Travel by sea happened for more than just explorers commissioned by governments, but for ...

The age of Enlightenment provided the backdrop for eighteenth century European theories about human difference. Exploration of Africa, Asia and the Americas brought Europeans in contact with people ...

Princess Dashkova led research institutes, wrote plays and music, and embarked on a Grand Tour of 18th-century Europe E.R. Zarevich Princess Dashkova (center) exchanged letters with Benjamin Franklin ...

A book that played a part in the transformation of a blacksmith’s daughter into one of the most famous women in 18th century Europe is to go under the hammer in York on Friday (Feb 20). Did you know ...