17th-century

Indeed, the American abstract expressionist is a self-conscious protege of the great intellectual elitist of 17th-century painting.

This week's new exhibitions 2011

Now a saucy portrait with lewd and lurid symbolism that would have been instantly recognisable to 17th-century eyes has come to light for the first time.

Graphic portrait of Charles II's mistress comes to light 2011

Most items come from 17th-century Palace Soestdijk, where Queen Juliana lived with Prince Bernhard for all of her married life.

Treasures in the Royal Attic Margaret Studer 2011

The portrait is by an anonymous 17th-century hand, in a genre of Anglo-Dutch character portrayals of the time.

Graphic portrait of Charles II's mistress comes to light 2011

Housed in the 17th-century building of an old convent, complete with a courtyard, the museum has been in operation for two years — under the auspices of the Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes — and has attracted more than 80,000 visitors.

Aguascalientes' Museum of Death welcomes you 2009

"That watch doesn't put us in a very good light," concedes Andrew Crisford, senior warden of the Worshipful Company of Clock-makers, the 17th-century guild that founded and maintains the museum.

Big Time: The British Pocket Watch Jonathon Keats 2010

The 17th-century story told in "I Am Tama, Lucky Cat: A Japanese Legend" Peachtree, 32 pages, $16.95 explains the origins of the cat figurines that Japanese shops and restaurants commonly put in their front windows.

Hail the New Kid Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011

This etymology, as understood by 17th-century attorneys, of the Old French term morgage, which we adopted, may well be correct.

Literacy; why is it that we want to stay with modern meaning rather than return to the True meaning of a word? « Children Literacy « Literacy Help « Literacy News 2009

American-born architect Rick Mather installed a refined, almost ethereal five-story, modernist glass-and-steel structure behind the 17th-century neoclassical building.

Andrew Harper's Notebook Andrew Harper 2010

But why would even the cleverest 17th-century woman imagine she had the intellectual and political resources to destroy the “witch universe”?

James Morrow discusses The Last Witchfinder 2010