Late modern period

Art history sometimes enables scholars to know an influential missing picture quite well by its copies and variations. One such formative image from

Shaker Village, Canterbury, New Hampshire Ann Lee (1736-1784), founder of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, commonly called Shakers in the United States, was born in Manchester, England, one of 8 children of John Lees, a blacksmith living on Toad Lane, & his wife. Ann later shortened her surname to Lee. She had no schooling. Early in her teens she went to work in a textile mill, preparing cotton for the looms & cutting velvet & hatter’s fur. There she was…

Turning 18 is a big milestone in your life. Depending on where you live in the world, you can have sex, watch naughty films, drink, smoke, or drive a car. But despite being able to do grown-up things, you are not necessarily a grown-up, and the new opportunities bring with…

The Late Bronze Age Collapse, often alternately referred to as the Mycenaean Palatial Civilization Collapse, was a period of time — roughly between the years of 1250-1000 BC (3250-3000 years …

The Commercial Revolution is marked by an increase in general commerce, and in the growth of non-manufacturing pursuits, such as banking, insurance, and investing.

One of the greatest sculptural achievements of the late Middle Ages can be found in a city that was once the Burgundian capital in modern-day France. The Well of Moses is an incredible Gothic artwork that is unique in many ways. It's incomplete today but it provides great insight into how the transition between the Gothic and Renaissance periods happened. #Artworks #Gothic #Gothicartworks #Sculptures #WellofMoses

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Joachim Beuckelaer (1534?-1575?) Title A kitchen interior (larger picture in link)

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier

Woman 'collecting cocoons of silk worms from trees and spin- ning the silk.' France, N. (Rouen). Giovanni Boccaccio, De claris mulieribus - British Library MS Royal 16 G V, fol. 54v,

military camp (16th cent)

Composite timeline of key technology, socio-political and art movements

The Middle Ages, like today, had their times of fun and frivolity, with many forms of entertainment taking place.

Charles de Marescot (18th-19th century) - La Guitaromanie, 1825