When we reach the autumn equinox, summer is officially over. That doesn’t mean you have to put sunshine and vacation fun ...
A new photography book explores the practice of memorialising beloved beasts, from a performing elephant in Las Vegas to ...
For those wishing to explore a canal city like Venice but want to avoid the crowds and high prices, the Portuguese city of ...
and Art Nouveau architecture. Gondola-like vessels - called moliceiros - glide along the city's three main canals, offering ...
Now, the work of this art nouveau maestro is on at the Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW) this winter, in a Sydney exclusive, Alphonse Mucha: Spirit of Art Nouveau. The most comprehensive exhibition of ...
Stained glass windows display a delicate time-honoured art of yesteryear. Make the most of these charming features in your ...
Just the words “Wheel of Fortune” conjures up memories for practically anyone who’s been around a TV in the past forty years or so, even if only in the periphery or through lingo such as, well, “I’d ...
Three decades of bold development have given Spain’s third largest city some of the most striking architecture in the country ...
This beauty does not mean you'll be paying Parisian-type prices ... Live concerts, pubs and museums are set in the city’s beautiful Victorian and Art Nouveau buildings. Glasgow is also one of the most ...
René Lalique was a seminal French glass designer known for his Art Nouveau and Art Deco perfume bottles, chandeliers, vases, and jewelry. Widely revered and influential in the decorative arts, Lalique ...
The tradition to protect the most revered icons with the "oklad," a setting made of gold or silver with precious gems, originated in Byzantine art. However, in Russia it has a special meaning.
The nickname, La Pedrera (meaning "the Quarry"), is appropriate ... this eclectic Catalan-style art nouveau building rubs elbows with the more classic architecture usually found in its ...