Today In History, Jan. 19: "Tokyo Rose"

Can You Name These Famous Paintings In History?

There's 13 of them. Do you think you can name them all? Take the quiz and let us know how well you do!

The Definitive Oral History of the Lobster Roll

The seafood slingers, chefs, glossy food-mag writers, and entrepreneurs who helped turn the unassuming lobster roll into a national phenomenon.

6 Black Chefs (and 1 Inventor) Who Changed the History of Food

Learning Art History Through Tabloids

Machine Vision Algorithm Chooses the Most Creative Paintings in History

Picking the most creative paintings is a network problem akin to finding super spreaders of disease. That’s allowed a machine to pick out the most creative paintings in history.

Ghosts In The Sunlight: I Find Women’s Invisible Histories In Old Masters

What if the female characters we’ve come to know from the old masters – the lounging odalisques, the giggling nymphs, the chorus that whispers in the background – present more than a voyeuristic visual feast? What if these characters embody a flickering of female power at work<br>My large-scale oil paintings pull at the shadows of historical works of art and ask what dormant new narratives might be found in the female subjects that inhabit them. What invisible histories might be embedded or…

Can Artists Exploring the Korean DMZ Critically Engage with its Thorny History?

Or are they destined to succumb to fantasy, nostalgia and divisive stereotypes?

8 Real-Life People Who Became the Stars of Art History’s Most Famous Paintings

While the artists behind these pieces are universally well-known, the subjects are often less obvious.

5 Things You Didn’t Know About the History of Taekwondo

To prepare for our latest taekwondo event, Rocky Top Sports World has put together five interesting facts about the history of taekwondo.