The history of mosaic art begins with the earliest civilizations, such as the Sumerians, Egyptians, and the people of the Minoan-Mycenaean region, who used this technique to adorn their buildings, ...

Laura French From 1883 up until his death in 1926, Catalan art nouveau master Antoni Gaudí devoted himself to the construction of La Sagrada Família, a towering, Gothic-style-with-a-twist church.

This is a house at the height of the Art Nouveau design movement. Before writing this story, I had some idea of the Art ...

Frustrated by the government’s inaction, more than 1,000 disability activists showed up in Washington DC to protest on 12 March that year. When the group reached the Capitol Building’s stairs, ...

Seville, the capital of Andalucia, is a city rich in history, culture, and tradition. Its Moorish heritage, passionate ...

In 1937, American supermarket owner, Sylvan Goldman, came up with a way to get his customers to spend more. He introduced his 'folding basket carriers' in his Humpty Dumpty chain in Oklahoma, hiring ...

Flamenco, tapas, paella and Picasso, beaches, Alhambra and La Sagrada Familia are some of one Spain is famous for. Find out ...

In recent essays, cultural critic Ted Gioia questions whether beauty is becoming a lost art in our increasingly utilitarian world. He suggests that aesthetic values are vanishing from daily life, ...

Spending a night near Barcelona cruise port allows you to experience a taste of this incredible city while ensuring a ...

How the rest is spent is not known as the church is not obliged to publish its accounts. Some 51,696 people attended 66 international masses at the Sagrada Familia last year while 280,670 ...

We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: visionary architect Antoni Gaudi and the design of the Sagrada Familia ...