A trio of the 17th-century Dutch painter’s works featuring women writing and receiving letters is on display at the recently ...

Painters across the centuries have turned this most intimate of transgressions into art, inviting viewers to become voyeurs ...

The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa transforms a Spanish nun, mystic, and writer, into one of the most famous emblems of the ...

Self-tormenting practices were all the rage in ancient Byzantium, from wearing chains to living on top of small pillars—and ...