Peter Paul Rubens, the Flemish master whose brushstroke seemed to channel the very pulse of the Baroque, was more than just a painter of voluptuous forms and vibrant tapestries of myth. He was a ...

Caravaggio’s enormous popularity today may seem surprising, considering how out of sympathy his work and even his character ...

We take a trip to Antonín Dvořák’s birthplace, the composer summer hideaway Vysoká, and other spectacular cultural ...

Paris was a key figure in Greek mythology, who is mostly remembered for his role in the events leading up to the legendary Trojan War.

1626: An explosion at the Wanggongchang Gunpowder Factory in Beijing destroys part of the city and kills 20,000 people. 1640: Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens dies aged 62.

The Annunciation is a key event in the Christian biblical story. A Swiss company has examined a version of Rubens’s ‘The Bath of Diana’, which was long thought to be a copy, and believes it could be ...

On Silver Shade, famed Bauhaus vocalist and post-punk pioneer Peter Murphy reveals how he chooses to face his golden years: with an album of grand, baroque defiance you can dance to. Produced by ...