Introduction to the histories of art and the practice of art history. You will encounter a range of arts (including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints) and artistic practices from ...

This article was originally published on Common Edge. In the late 1960s, Ben Bradlee, the storied executive editor of The Washington Post from 1965 until 1991, confronted making the paper more ...

The discipline of Architectural History, Theory and Criticism examines the evolution of built environments through a multifaceted lens that integrates historical analysis, theoretical frameworks and ...

This article was originally published on Common Edge. For the past two weeks, cities across Nigeria were hit by protests against the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a police unit setup in ...

For those that love a performance, perhaps no building style is more theatrical than Baroque architecture. “The origins of the word ‘Baroque’ are not entirely clear, but it is generally associated ...

The Bloomsbury Global Encyclopedia of Women in Architecture, 1960-2020, edited by Lori A. Brown and Karen Burns is a sweeping two volume survey of over 1,000 entries covering architects, designers, ...

LOS ANGELES — A small room at the Getty Center in Los Angeles contains the entire history of architectural photography. In fewer than thirty photographs, In Focus: Architecture charts the timeline of ...

Architect David Ferrer writes a history of Europe that takes a journey through the continent's past through its most representative and groundbreaking constructions, exploring from pleasure to ...