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Thanks to school textbooks, Müteferrika is proudly remembered as the first Muslim printer. Yet this groundbreaking achievement was only one part of a far richer intellectual legacy that deserves ...

Discover what caused the French Revolution. Learn about the history, reasons, social inequality and debt to Enlightenment ideas, and food shortages.

When one thinks of France, images of the Seine River, the Eiffel Tower, and Montmartre Hill come to mind, along with the idea ...

“Johannes Vermeer is the most laconic of the Dutch old masters,” Andrew Graham-Dixon once remarked, adding that this “may explain why he has been the cause of so much volubility in others”. A quarter ...

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Sheffield, UK industrial/electronic icons Cabaret Voltaire (Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson) have announced their “final” tour which hits cities in the UK, the US, Canada, and Europe starting this ...

The modern world prides itself on progress, faster technology, smarter systems, endless convenience. Yet beneath the noise of advancement lies an uncomfortable question: are we truly improving our ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The largest performing arts organization in the country will lay off workers, cut salaries and reduce its offerings. It may also sell its Chagall ...