A line-up of busts or paintings of the first twelve Roman emperors is one of the commonest decorations in up-market houses in Europe and the United States. Most are not actually ancient Roman, but ...
Two books, one word: rebel. But the books’ three subjects were not rebels as we would think of them. They were the ill-starred wives of European dynasties, and their lives look even less appealing ...
Empress Xiaoxian, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 1777, with repainting possibly in 19th century, Ignatius Sichelbarth (Ai Qimeng) [China (born in Bohemia), 1708–1780], Yi Lantai (active about ...
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In the run-up to the coronation of England’s new monarch, Leviev, one of the world’s largest privately owned diamond companies, made famous after the “Tinder Swindler” pretended to be its heir, has ...
In 1903, seemingly inexplicably, an American woman painted a 15-foot-tall portrait of China’s Empress Dowager Cixi, the last empress of the Qing dynasty, the lineage of hereditary rulers that governed ...
Christopher Anaya is a freelance writer based in the United States. He is a college student and aspiring teacher looking to teach coming generations of students. When not preoccupied with work or ...
Little is known of the women who sat on the throne during China’s last imperial dynasty (1644-1912). Qing empresses left no personal writings, nor did any courtier record their confidences. Faced with ...
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