In Greek mythology, powerful sorceresses were often depicted as malevolent figures, but not every mythological witch had ill intentions.

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The portrait known as “The Ugly Duchess” by the Flemish artist Quenten Matsys is one of the most popular paintings in the British National Gallery. The

The childhood home of the unfortunate Lady Jane Grey, executed in 1554, has been discovered in the remains of a stone foundation in Leicestershire. She

The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary - profound meditations taken from Catholic traditions with all Scriptures and Latin titles.

Rococo was a style in fine art and design, developed in Paris during the the first half of the 18th century. It began as a reaction against the Baroque grandeur of Louis XIV's court at the Palace of Versailles. In some ways, it was in contradiction with the Baroque (by using pastel colours, light-hearted subjects in painting and sculpture, and asymmetry in design), but it was also a continuation (by using motifs and rules taken from Greco-Roman antiquity in exterior architecture, many…