Romanticism describes the era of the 19th century in which artists and poets strove for individuality and originality instead of conformity. Romantics rejected the traditional aesthetic values of the ...

Romantic artists often used sunset, twilight, and moonlight to explore emotions and spirituality in nature. The transition from day to night in art can symbolize continuity, romance, or even ...

What, exactly, is love? And if you're talking about romance, does it mean something different if you were raised in Africa as opposed to Europe or the United States? This was the seed that sparked ...

John Adam Plimmer Houston's 1853 oil painting 'The Fugitive Slave' shows a cross-shaped star, a sign of redemption and salvation, over the head of an escaped slave. This painting is part of a new ...