Eighteenth-century Europe was by then obsessed with the classical age, and Lady Hamilton’s fashion choices both exemplified and mobilized the continent’s burgeoning trends. She became Europe ...

In 18th-century Europe, socialites were dying in their quest to get whiter skin Research shows that some recipes of lead makeup caused the toxic element to get absorbed through the skin.

I referenced historical 18th century Russian, European clothes, looking at paintings and reference books of the period. I also explored contemporary fashion as a huge source of inspiration.

The Museum of Fine Arts' new exhibit, "Casanova's Europe: Art, Pleasure, and Power in the 18th Century," uses Giacomo Casanova's autobiography, "The Story of My Life" to guide museum-goers through ...

More than 100 porcelain perfume bottles from the 18th century are being offered for private sale in connection with the auctions of “The Giordano Collection” of Italian decorative arts pieces ...

YORK — Old York Historical Society presents a special talk, "From Petticoats to Pockets: Getting Dressed in the 18th Century," with Kristel Henry and Hannah Peterson, historical reenactors, and ...

The importance of the concept of Europe for the eighteenth century and what Koselleck had come to term "Sattelzeit" (1770-1830) remains, however, a much neglected aspect in scholarship. It is thus the ...

The novel follows the fortunes of Abbas, a young wood carver in 18th-century Mysore, India, as the sultanate falls to British forces. ... art and plunder in 18th-century India and Europe ...