Born 250 years ago, Friedrich reimagined landscape painting by portraying the vastness of nature as a setting for profound spiritual and emotional encounters.

If you listen to Blondie, The Police, or the Pretenders, it’s in the beat.

The distinction between the leading female characters of Swan Lake—the swan princess and her “black” counterpart—initially wasn’t so sharp.

The leading songs from Wicked and Frozen emphasize the importance of self-determination and being true to oneself.

Video games have a long history of using musical excerpts from opera and classical music, but some creators take the in-game operatic sequence even further.

To “live in the whole world of music” was all the influential, experimental composer wanted—and did, even while imprisoned at San Quentin.

The Nobel Laureate drew on a centuries-old legend when he put the Fisher King in The Waste Land.

Throughout the history of philosophy, literature, art, and science, people have been fascinated with the shimmering surfaces of soap bubbles.

Keeping cozy in a countryside escape, through the ages.