Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t be fully understood until it has become a thing ...

The Arts and Crafts movement began just a few decades after the end of the Industrial Revolution, and it was characterized by a renaissance of quality craftsmanship and the use of natural materials.

There are thousands of buildings and sites classified as Modern Movement architecture in the National Register of Historic Places. Many of the Modern Movement capitals are in the West, with cities ...

“Contemporary design came out after the midcentury-modern movement,” Sander says. Starting in the 1970s, the style was first seen as more of an amalgamation of various popular aesthetics of the time, ...

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The word “ballet” often conjures up images of traditional Degas-like ballerinas in pretty pirouettes, but the Colorado Ballet will defy convention tonight when it tosses out the tutus and presents ...

As if Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen weren’t busy enough, the twins are on to a new venture — the launch of Elizabeth and James, a contemporary sportswear line, ready for fall selling. Named after the ...