The invention of the balloon struck the men and women of the late 18th century like a thunderbolt. Enormous crowds gathered in Paris to watch one balloon after another rise above the city rooftops, ...

It is also worth noting that the opera's renowned Tristan chords, chromaticized harmonies and endless melodies have influenced Romantic period (late 18th to early 19th centuries) music and laid the ...

A sunken 18th-century boat has been discovered by chance near the majestic stone walls of Croatia’s medieval city of Dubrovnik.

A 1699 letter from an enslaved boy portrayed in a 17th-century painting sheds light on Black identity and agency in early ...

Willem van de Velde II was a Dutch Old Masters artist who was born in 1633. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Kunsthaus Zürich have featured Willem van de Velde II's work in the past. Willem ...

The Danish School, 18th Century comprised a group of artists active in this region in the period. Works identified as being by this group appear regularly at auction. Since 2001 the record price for ...

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Period drama enthusiasts will be interested to know that Wright set the movie in the late-18th century instead of the early-19th century in part because of his hatred of empire waist dresses. — L.B.