Petrus van Schendel, 1806-1870

This chapter reviews the book Petrus Camper in Context. Science, the Arts, and Society in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Republic (2015), edited by Klaas van Berkel and Bart Ramakers...

Through careful examination of primary documents, this book reveals that the true purpose of Zebulon Pike's western expedition in 1806–1807 was not innocent exploration of the West...

One of the most talented and imaginative artists of independent cinema, Gus Van Sant established himself with a number of important movies of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Beginn...