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Studies in the History of Art

The banquet hall was painted black from ceiling to floor. By the pale flicker of grave lamps, the invited senators coud make out a row of tombstones.

James McNeill Whistler created the famous "Peacock Room" for a wealthy patron. But the patron never actually wanted it.

Maria Sibylla Merian's work in the natural sciences was overlooked for centuries. Now a rare butterfly has been named in her honor.

The lens, a tool technology that helps make the invisible world visible, brought a revolutionary perspective to our descriptions of nature.

Earthworms are often portrayed as beneficial to the environment, but in North America's temperate forests, they are a disaster in action.

How do scammers use language to trick their victims?

Plagues capture the public imagination in ways that other less terrifying--but more deadly--diseases don't.

In our final security studies column, our columnist posits that security as a permanent mode of government is actually making Americans less secure.

Got impeachment? Not much. In American history, there have only been a total of 19 impeachment trials in the U.S. Senate.

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