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The British Museum holds a special exhibition of Watteau drawings, showcasing the creative line work of the founder of elegant banquet painting
Jean-Antoine Watteau (circa 1684–1721) was one of the most influential and prolific artists of the 18th-century French Rococo era. His masterful fusion of genre...
Michelangelo's last thirty years
In 1534, the 59-year-old Michelangelo (1475-1564) left Florence for Rome, where he worked for nearly 30 years, painting "The Last Judgment" and other ...
What a Roman soldier’s letters can tell us
"No brave man is born brave; courage is developed through training and discipline." - Vegetius Renatus, "On Military Affairs" The Paper has ...
Vatican returns Parthenon fragments, what about British Museum?
On December 16, Pope Francis of the Vatican announced that all the Parthenon marble fragments collected by the Vatican Museum will be returned to Greece. The po...
Discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb for a century｜It is a treasure trove of cultural relics and a diplomatic minefield
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter and his team from England and Egypt. However, the moment the T...
The British Museum's special exhibition "Holy Calligraphy" deciphers ancient Egyptian culture
On July 19, 1799, in the seaside city of Rasheed, Egypt, the French were fortifying a castle, and a young officer accidentally found a strange stone buried in t...