On January 14, 1506, Florentine architect Giuliano da Sangallo was summoned by Pope Julius II to attend an excavation. Several ancient statues, Sangallo was told, were emerging from the grounds of ...
In 1924, the critic Gustave Geffroy recalled watching Claude Monet at work in London in 1900. Positioned by the Thames in early morning darkness, Monet peered through the fog, waiting for the ...