The death of Marianne Faithfull last week at the age of 78 has got me thinking again about female beauty. The obituaries were ...

Directed by Paolo Sorrentino, this decadent drama about a beautiful young woman is a one-sided meditation on art, desire and ...

Greek mythology is prominent in art dating from antiquity through to the renaissance and even in contemporary artwork. During ...

A scholar of early Greek classics explains what the myth of the weapon-carrying god of love, Cupid, a child of the gods of ...

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The Goddess Triptych Reunited is a three-piece collection by Angel Rodriguez-Diaz that explores the female body and seeks to ...

As Donald Trump has gained fame and power, his rage at opponents and appetite for vengeance appear to have sharpened. A ...

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As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

The Kumbh festival is named after the celestial pitcher or “kumbha” that held the much coveted “amrita,” the nectar of immortality. In Hindu mythology, during what is known as the Age of Truth, the ...

The painter Sophie von Hellermann is known for loosely rendered, fantastical scenes inspired by fables and mythologies. In a ...

From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the ...