Coleman Lowndes

Western art followed the same rules for centuries. Until “Olympia.”

Was Davy Crockett a sellout? And does it matter?

Yes, that’s a black-and-white photo.

... after nearly starting one.

When Mary Shelley published her iconic novel in 1818, raising the dead seemed to be the near future.

The real Cheaper by the Dozen family was so much better.

In 1894, a French scientist used a camera to solve a physics problem.

A routine press photo op in 1937 ended up recording the explosion of the greatest airship ever built.