The most sensual pictures of women sprang from Ovid’s verses, the Aeneid gave Turner his longest-lasting subject matter and Edward Burne-Jones saw himself in Arthur’s deathless slumber. Carla Passino explores how literature influenced art

WHAT does ‘Tempus Fugit’ mean?” Vera asked. “It means ‘Time flies’. It’s an old Latin motto,” Emily replied. The two young women were admiring an old sundial that stood in the large garden of Jesmond

From George Stubbs’s golden vision of the labourer’s place in society to Ford Madox Brown’s heroically monumental celebration of manual labour, artists gave individual interpretations of work, as Michael Hall reveals

Samurai rose to be global emblems of honour and courage, but their story doesn’t always match the myths they told about themselves, as a British Museum exhibition shows

One of the largest celebrations in the world is about to begin. The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is a 15-day celebration at the end of winter, and this year it kicks off at the start of the l

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