Titled “The Great Divide: Footwear in the Age of Enlightenment,” the show assembles ... is etched with symbols that declare it as a product of colonial ambition: a llama (an animal that ...

The term "Enlightenment," rooted in an intellectual skepticism to traditional beliefs and dogmas, denotes an "illumined" contrast to the supposed dark and superstitious character of the Middle Ages.

Philip Dray’s new book, “Stealing God’s Thunder,” is an elegantly written reminder that the United States was born of the Age of ... and a radiant symbol of the Enlightenment.” ...

Prince Siddhartha Gautama of the Shakya clan left his family and kingdom after he saw the four symbols. He met many teac ...

Dashkova was a living symbol of the Russian Enlightenment, which saw Russia compete for the title of most advanced country in Europe. Before Dashkova became an Age of Enlightenment powerhouse ...

Though it focuses on the eighteenth century, there could hardly be a timelier exhibit than Becoming a Woman in the Age of Enlightenment, which opened at UNC’s Ackland Art Museum last week and ...