Stendhal’s “The Charterhouse of Parma” lays out thousands of rules and stratagems for elites trying to stay in the good graces of a powerful and capricious ruler.

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Beloved Danish homeware and textiles brand Tekla drops a collection inspired by the frilly and feminine aesthetic, in step with the current romantic interiors trend.

The French Navy recently found the deepest-ever shipwreck in French waters, a 16th-century vessel with preserved cargo of faience pitchers from Liguria, Italy.

Likely the artist’s final work, this 16th-century painting is a vast, darkly burnished depiction of Christ’s death that is suffused with grief.

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