""War; she passes terrifyingly, leaving despair, tears, ruin all around"": Rousseau's lyrical vision of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 and the Siege of Paris in 1871.

In this video we explore the stylistic evolution of the History of Art, using the myth of Apollo and Daphne as a basis.

A shipwreck from the 1800s has been uncovered during construction in Boston's Seaport District.City archaeologist Joe Bagley tells WBZ-TV it's the first time a shipwreck has been found in that section of the city, a trendy waterfront...

Discrimination, underinvestment and sanitation concerns have led to a lack of public bathrooms, which has multiple consequences.

AP Entertainment Vienna, Austria, 8 February 2013 1. Wide of Mira Sorvino speaking at U.N. 2. Pan up Mira Sorvino 3. Wide of Mira Sorvino and UNODC executive director Yuri Fedotov 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Mira Sorvino, actress: "The...

Clip 7 from a French-language film about fairground entertainers from 1947. French narration. Fairground rides including roller coaster, bumper cars, carousel rides, pendulum rides, swing rides, etc.

Sep.18 -- Lord (Jacob) Rothschild OM GBE CVO, Investor and Philanthropist speaks with his daughter, Hannah Rothschild CBE, Writer, Filmmaker and Philanthropist, about the history of Waddesdon Manor and its evolution into a modern hub for...

A detailed view of The Colossus by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes

Three group portraits by Henri Fantin-Latour depicting artists, writers and intellectuals of his 19th century Paris. Featured artworks: ""A Corner of the Table""; ""Homage to Delacroix"" and ""Studio at Batignolles"".

Admired by Dali, this painting conceals the grave of a child which the farmers portrayed by Millet are mourning. Heaven and earth, transcendental and mundane, alternate themselves in a movement following a Cross pattern.

Praxinoscope animated to create an illusion of motion.

Oct. 24 -- NYU Langone Medical Center Professor Dr. Gerald Weissmann explains the historical medical precedents being applied to treatment of the Ebola virus and discusses worries about a mutation of the virus and what he thinks would...

Six orientalist paintings on the subject of harem. Featured artworks: ""An eunuch before the door of the harem"" by Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin; ""The Toilet of the Odalisque"" by Leopold de Moulignon; ""The Women of Algiers in their...

In his famous paintings The Small Morning and The Large Morning (1808/1809), Philipp Otto Runge Runge gave apposite expression to the Romantic view of nature that was based on cyclical patterns of life. ""The Morning"" is elevating in...

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LEADIN The newly-opened Louvre Abu Dhabi is unveiling a new exhibition that traces the history of its French big sister. Around 150 pieces of art have been brought to the UAE from the Louvre in Paris and the...

The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology has culled through its voluminous archives of clothing and accessories for a 50th anniversary retrospective, just in time for New York Fashion Week.

"The Prayer" by Frederick Arthur Bridgman hangs on the walls of the British Museum.

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Three paintings by Gustave Courbet depicting marginal figures of 19th century society through the deforming lense of alcohol. Featured artworks: ""Old Man with a glass of wine""; ""The Vagabond"" and ""Malle Babbe"".

Clip 1 from a French-language film about fairground entertainers from 1947. French narration.

Nov.06 -- Dr. Henry Kissinger, honorary chair of the Bloomberg New Economy Forum and former U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor, sits down with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait at the Bloomberg New Economic...

Jan.25 -- Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar discusses the need for an Irish backstop and how Brexit could hurt the peace process. He speaks at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on "Bloomberg Surveillance."

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