Art history

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My history hero: Walt Disney (1901-66)

A poverty-stricken migrant mother with three young children by Dorothea Lange, colourised by Marina Amaral. (Photo courtesy of Head of Zeus)

History in colour

The Ghent Altarpiece. (Image by Getty Images)

Second World War

Who were the real monuments men of the Second World War?

People gather around the Mona Lisa painting on January 4, 1914 in Paris France, after it was stolen from the ouvre by Vincenzo Peruggia in 1911. (Photo by Roger-Viollet/Getty Images)

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A crowd admiring the artworks at an exhibition by the Royal Academy of Arts in Burlington House, London. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A brief history of London tourism since 1800

The Sultanahmet district in Istanbul, Turkey, which is classified as World Heritage by UNESCO. (Photo by DOZIER Marc via Getty Images)

General ancient history

A new civilisation rises

An overview of the Terracotta Warriors in the Terracotta Museum of Xian, China. (Image by Getty)

Uncovering China’s Terracotta Army

Chinese terracotta soldiers

General ancient history

Terracotta Army: secrets from the grave

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The story of the Bayeux Tapestry

A scene depicted on the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry.

Bayeux Tapestry to be loaned to the UK: historians react

A woman looks at 'The Recognition of Philopoemen', c1609 by Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens at the Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)

A beginner’s guide to art history

A new career in a new town: The image of David Bowie used for the cover of “Heroes”, the musician’s 1977 Berlin-recorded album. The cover photo was inspired by a painting by German artist Erich Heckel, whose subject strikes a similar pose. (Image by Getty Images)

Bowie’s Berlin: the city that shaped a 1970s masterpiece

A painting of Charles I on horseback.

The art of a king

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1922 in pictures: nationalists, navies, mountains and modernism

A baby wearing the colour pink. In the 19th-century and early 20th century, parents were often advised to use pink for a boy and blue for a girl. (Constance Bannister Corp/Getty Images)

A history of colour