A symbol can be any object, character, color, or even shape that represents an abstract concept without explanatory text. But wait, there's more!

In the 1940s, these short films set to music transgressed Hollywood’s racial mythology to create space for Black artists to experiment—and have fun.

An artist combines repetition, balance, proportion, movement, and other design elements to form the whole of a visual composition.

More than a century later, the architectural manifesto continues to hold our attention, emphasizing a charged moment when society was breaking with the past.

Nineteenth-century Anglo-American mourning rituals called for a period of sentimental sadness, but they also demanded an investment in clothing and jewelry.

Public discourse on the bearded lady, a staple of circus sideshow, revealed the racial biases underpinning Darwinian theory.

Color, like line, shape, texture, and the other elements of art and design, communicates meaning and creates visually compelling experiences. Here's how.

As outlets that welcome rational exchanges of ideas dwindle those that serve as echo chambers are exploding. What does that mean for free speech and the health of the US?

Morgan, the first licensed woman architect in California, helped bring parity to the built environment, the community, and the profession.

Japanese Metabolists argued that architecture should be adaptable, changing as a city changed. Why, then, is this icon of Metabolism being dismantled?