Interior Design of the French Renaissance: From Italian Influence to French Identity
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 9 mins | May 27, 2025
The Renaissance in France exemplifies how the revival of classical ideas from Italy was tra...
Matt Graham
Interior Design in the Italian Renaissance: From Humanism to Classical Revival
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 9 mins | May 27, 2025
The Early Renaissance in Italy, beginning around 1400 in Florence, marked a profound shift ...
Chinese Interior Design Through the Ages: Timber Frames to Ming-Era Furnishings
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 8 mins | May 26, 2025
China’s architectural story stretches back millennia, yet most of what survives dates only ...
Gothic Architecture Explained: Pointed Arches, Stained Glass & Medieval Cathedrals
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 8 mins | May 25, 2025
When the Roman Empire’s arches and vaults gave way to the austere massive walls of early med...
A Tapestry of Stone and Spirit: Southeast Asian Design in the Medieval Eras
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 8 mins | May 24, 2025
The kingdoms of Cambodia, Thailand, and Indonesia each wove their own architectural tapestr...
Romanesque Interior Design: Foundations of Medieval Monumentality
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 8 mins | May 23, 2025
Following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, Europe entered a period often referred ...
Who is Considered the Greatest Pool Player of All Time?
Matt Graham
Fifty years after its golden age, the sport still argues over its ultimate master
The question arrives like clockwork in smoky pool ha...
Japan’s Quiet Revolution in Furnishings
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 8 mins | May 25, 2025
Even as imperial courts in China and temple architects in Korea raised soaring halls and or...
Korean Interior Design: Timber Frames, Scholar’s Quarters & Palace Pavilions
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 8 mins | May 24, 2025
Korea’s architectural and interior traditions occupy a unique position in the tapestry of E...