CLEVELAND, Ohio — Gothic art and architecture is usually associated with soaring vertical lines — church naves and belltowers, tall, pointed arches, sculptures of saints with long, slender bodies. The ...

On the long list of artists to suffer the fatal derision of Nazi Germany was one of Germany’s greatest sculptors, Ernst Barlach. He died in 1938, shunned by his townspeople, condemned (falsely) as a ...

A floating beer garden. Aboard a medieval wooden longboat, albeit with covert modern luxuries. Sailing down the Danube on a balmy afternoon, a gentle breeze playing over the deck, with forests and ...

Texans You Should Know is a series highlighting overlooked figures and events from Texas history. September 4, 1906, was a joyful day in Fredericksburg. On that date, many of the town’s 1,600 or so ...