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Text on the tag: The herringbone pattern dates as far back as the Roman Empire. It was used in the construction of its roadways which, as a result ...

Text on the tag: There are numerous benefits that come with reading. One benefit was confirmed via a study which found how the act of reading was e...

Text on the tag: Around the 12th century, there have been heart-shaped charges found in heraldry, an example being the hearts in the coat of arms o...

Text on the tag: Wearable glasses fist appeared in Italy during the 13th century and they were mainly used by monks. As technology improved, glasse...

Text on the tag: Christian Dior was the first fashion brand that launched designer sunglasses. In the early 1960s they licensed their branding in l...

Text on the tag: Quill pens were used as a writing tool before other pens were invented. Made from a flight feather of a large bird, they are still...

Text on the tag: The image depicts a woman, perhaps a college student, reading inside a room filled with books. Above her head, a sign "Do It Now" ...

Text on the tag: A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, was written in just six weeks and selling 6,000 copies by Christmas Eve only five days aft...

Text on the tag: Snow globes are said to have originated in France. The first record of a snow globe dates back to one that was exhibited at the P...

Text on the tag: The poetess Ono no Komachi is considered one of the best waka poets of the Heian Period (794- 1185). She is also praised for her b...

Text on the tag: Print form the series “Eight Contemporary Poems of Love” by Utamaro Kitagawa (c.1753-1806), an artist is considered one of the mas...

Text on the tag: Print from the series “Women of the Seven Houses” by Kikukawa Eizan (1787–1867) depicting the courtesan Ichikawa from the Matsubay...

Text on the tag: The book “Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters” depicts the daytime activities of the courtesans such as reading, ar...

Text on the tag: In the series “Beauties of the Yoshiwara as Six Floral Immortals”, the artist Chôbunsai Eishi compares each courtesan to a beautif...

Text on the tag: The 'Green Houses', or the pleasure houses, with the notable courtesans, became an integral part of Japanese life in the Edo perio...

Text on the tag: The 'Green Houses', or the pleasure houses, with the notable courtesans, became an integral part of Japanese life in the Edo perio...

Text on the tag: The 'Green Houses', or the pleasure houses, with the notable courtesans, became an integral part of Japanese life in the Edo perio...

Text on the tag: The 'Green Houses', or the pleasure houses, with the notable courtesans, became an integral part of Japanese life in the Edo perio...

Text on the tag: The 'Green Houses', or the pleasure houses, with the notable courtesans, became an integral part of Japanese life in the Edo perio...

Text on the tag: The 'Green Houses', or the pleasure houses, with the notable courtesans, became an integral part of Japanese life in the Edo perio...

Text on the tag: The 'Green Houses', or the pleasure houses, with the notable courtesans, became an integral part of Japanese life in the Edo perio...

Text on the tag: Books in Japan during the Edo period (1603–1867) were almost exclusively produced by woodblock printing, and printed on Japanese p...

Text on the tag: By William Michael Harnett (1848–1892), an Irish-American painter. Born in Cork, he and his family emigrated to America soon after...

Text on the tag: Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, both considered masters of the Impressionist art movement, formed a bond both on and off t...

Text on the tag: Based in Albermarle Street, the institution was founded in 1799 by the leading British scientists of the age for diffusing the kno...

Text on the tag: By Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) who painted two similar portraits of the owner of Café de la Gare, Marie Ginoux. In a letter dated...

Text on the tag: The oil lamp and books, are traditional symbols of vigilance. Painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) who produced more than...

Text on the tag: By British artist William Wood (1769–1810). Wood began formal training at the Royal Academy in 1785 aged sixteen. He was quickly r...

Text on the tag: Illustration by Jessie Wilcox Smith (1863 - 1935), an American Illustrator who was active during the Golden Age of Illustration an...

Text on the tag: The model in the painting is the wife of William Morris, Jane Morris, who was often the subject of Rossetti’s paintings. In this p...

Text on the tag: By American impressionist painter Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919). One of the founding members of "The Ten", Weir alongside fellow m...

Text on the tag: The Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, led the expansion of the American steel industry becomin...

Text on the tag: The artists Van Gogh and Paul Gaugin were great friends and lived together in Arles for 63 days in the fall of 1888. Van Gogh pain...

Text on the tag: The oleander is an ornamental plant normally associated with the Mediterranean Basin where it grows since the time of the ancient ...

Text on the tag: From The Angel’s Concert, the image portrays two seated angles reading from a song book. By Cherubino Alberti (1553-1615)..   Con...

Text on the tag: By Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). The artist placed a copy of ‘La joie de Vivre’ by Emile Zola, a novel he regarded as a bible for ...