Salvator Rosa, Allegory of Fortune (c. 1658–59), oil on canvas, 79 × 52⅜ in., J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Fortune empties her cornucopia of wealth, ...

Not quite “Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul.” Mario tries hard.Metaphor makes one thing visible through another, carrying an idea ...

Eyebrows play a prominent role in facial aesthetics, affecting facial expression, balance, and symmetry. When the brows become thin, patchy, or uneven, ...

The Prince of Wales will attend the funeral of King Harald V of Norway on Wednesday in Oslo, Buckingham Palace has announced.Also going to the funeral, in a ...

James Ensor, Christ’s Entry into Brussels in 1889. Oil on canvas, 8 ft. 3 1/2 in. × 14 ft. 1 1/2 in. Christ is small, nearly hidden in the upper middle of ...

George Caleb Bingham, The County Election, 1854. Hand-colored engraving with glazes, 22 × 30 in.; framed, 32 × 38½ in. Scholars disagree over whether ...

Crates and Hipparchia, Roman fresco, first century CE, Palazzo Massimo, Rome. Crates holds the staff and satchel of Cynic philosophy; Hipparchia reaches ...

Auguste Rodin, The Cathedral, 1908. Two hands, distinct yet reaching toward one another. Public domain.We are born members of the human species. Whether we ...

Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy is an oil on canvas painting by Caravaggio, from c. 1595. Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut. I’m old—or, as I ...

Matt Damon as Odysseus in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey (2026). Credit: Syncopy Production / Universal Pictures via AlamyThe last post considered death ...