The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues Feb. 15 with an artist’s choice broadcast selected by soprano Lise Davidsen in honor of diva Jessye Norman, ...

For centuries, when families across China gathered for Lunar New Year’s Eve, they would while away the hours playing huluwen, an ancient board game that, depending on the theme, would evoke images of ...

It was a festival in honor of Dionysus, god of grape, harvest, winemaking and wine ... They love whom they lower; they despise whom they approve; the art they glorify, the artist they disgrace,” is a ...

Ancient Greek vase painting is fascinating, fun, and with few tricks, easy to enjoy. The unique paintings on ancient Greek pottery are like letters from the past. They allow us to learn from the past ...

Don’t let the roman numerals throw you off—you don’t really need to watch the Chinese action-fantasy “Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms” to enjoy “Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force,” the ...

We can become people who love art, notice trees, pet dogs, cook food, enjoy people and share what we have. God helps us become the people who say things like: “That’s amazing.” “How did the artist do ...

Something The Mona Lisa, David, and The School of Athens all have in common is they represent a way of thinking that was shaping and being shaped by the visual arts of that period. From the 14th ...

Dionysus was for the ancient Greeks the god of the grape-harvest, wine-making and wine, fertility, and the theater. Returning to the central junction of all the roads in Dion, visitors encounter a ...

Art didn’t crack the top 1,000 most popular ... She is closely associated with and often depicted alongside Dionysus, the god of wine and ecstasy. Polyhymnia is the Muse of sacred poetry ...

He entertained Olympus with his lyre, taught humankind the art of medicine, and had no rival in archery ... Dionysus/Hestia The final seat in Olympus has two contenders: Dionysus, God of wine and ...