Doccia Porcelain Manufactory (Italian, 1737–1896), two sweetmeat dishes (c. 1750–60) (© The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Largely derided as the pinnacle of feminine vanity and frivolity, the imported ...

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 ...

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 ...

Currently on view in the project room at ART 3 in Bushwick are a half-dozen canvases by Deborah Brown, consisting of figures, some based literally, others emblematically, on the portrait styles of ...

BRATTLEBORO — The Ensemble Amphion Baroque will present a musical journey through 17th- and 18th-century Europe at the Centre Congregational Church, 193 Main St., Brattleboro, at 7 p.m. on Sept. 22.

JAMAICA — The Ensemble Amphion Baroque will present “a Musical Journey Through 17th and 18th Century Europe” at the Jamaica Town Hall on Route 30 in Jamaica Vermont on Tuesday, Aug. 8 at 7 p.m. The ...