European History Archive
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Lowlands Travelogue: Amsterdam
Posted on September 7, 2016In Elisabeth de Bièvre’s book Dutch Art and Urban Culture, 1200-1700, the author explains how distinct geographical circumstances and histories shaped unique urban developments in different locations in the Netherlands and, in turn, […] -
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Lowlands Travelogue: Leiden
Posted on July 5, 2016In Elisabeth de Bièvre’s book Dutch Art and Urban Culture, 1200-1700, the author explains how distinct geographical circumstances and histories shaped unique urban developments in different locations in the Netherlands and, in turn, […] -
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Apethorpe – a house fit for kings, and queens
Posted on June 11, 2016To mark the Queen’s birthday parade on June 11th, architectural historian Kathryn Morrison, author of Apethorpe: The Story of an English Country House, has written a marvelously entertaining guest post recounting a […] -
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Never Again War: Käthe Kollwitz in America
Posted on June 2, 2016The work of German printmaker and sculptor Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) was celebrated through two recent exhibitions: the first was held at the Davis Museum at Wellesley College in Fall 2015 […] -
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Michael Fried: Toward a Post-Caravaggio Pictorial Poetics
Posted on April 15, 2016This summer, we’re delighted to publish a new book by the esteemed art critic and historian Michael Fried. The beautifully illustrated new book, After Caravaggio, combines an accessible account of […] -
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Young Mr. Turner: A Conversation with Eric Shanes
Posted on April 1, 2016A complex figure, and divisive during his lifetime, Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) has long been considered Britain’s greatest painter. The new biography of the artist, Young Mr. Turner: The […] -
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Lowlands Travelogue: Delft
Posted on March 22, 2016In Elisabeth de Bièvre’s book Dutch Art and Urban Culture, 1200-1700, the author explains how distinct geographical circumstances and histories shaped unique urban developments in different locations in the Netherlands and, in turn, […] -
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Lowlands travelogue: Haarlem
Posted on February 8, 2016In Elisabeth de Bièvre’s book Dutch Art and Urban Cultures, 1200-1700, the author explains how distinct geographical circumstances and histories shaped unique urban developments in different locations in the Netherlands and, in turn, […] -
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Lowlands travelogue: Dordrecht
Posted on January 11, 2016In Elisabeth de Bièvre’s new book Dutch Art and Urban Cultures, 1200-1700, the author explains how distinct geographical circumstances and histories shaped unique urban developments in different locations in the Netherlands and, in […] -
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Artemisia Gentileschi on the page and on the screen
Posted on December 26, 2015Jesse Locker– I confess that I first heard Michael Palin, of Monty Python fame, was making a documentary film about baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi—the subject of my recent book—buried in […]