By Barbara Rizza Mellin When the famed Higgins Armory in Worcester, Massachusetts, closed its doors in 2014 after 83 years, the Worcester Art Museum, like a knight in shining armor (pun intended), came to …
A fortress-like entrance and a palace-like interior make up one of the most spectacular buildings in Seville, Spain.
By Barbara Rizza Mellin On Christmas Day 1916, one hundred and one years ago, Industrialist James Deering (1859-1925) of the Deering Harvester Co. and his guests arrived by yacht to Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida …
Exhibit at the Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, through January 14, 2018 Nasher.duke.edu By Barbara Rizza Mellin Thomas Jefferson knew about him. Browning, Hardy and Balzac all knew of him. The famed Renaissance …
The Sedlec Ossuary in Kutná Hora (literally Mining Mountain), about an hour’s ride from Prague, is one of the most interesting places I’ve encountered in all my journeys.
