Winter landscapes have been a feature of art for hundreds of years—and while many focus on landscape alone, there are also some that allude to the historical context of their times, or portray events ...

For those who prefer warmer landscapes, these pictures will help explain Russian painters’ love of snowy vistas and wintry fun. A representative of socialist realism, Plastov painted many scenes of ...

Winter isn't all bad – these "sublime" landscapes of the frozen North from the turn of the 20th Century offer us a way into resilience – and an "acceptance of the seasonality of life". With its bare ...

Trying to navigate the history of art—its artists, its ideas, its interpretations and interrelations, its foundations and attitudes—can be inspiring yet also intimidating. (Cue image of an Ancient ...