David Gelber is treasurer for the Society of Court Studies.
Pedro II, Brazil's 'citizen-emperor' was a devoted patron of the new technology and a keen photographer himself
The Rijksmuseum is exhibiting a newly discovered group of animal studies by Frans Post
Brasília is a failed, sterile city. It's time that Rio became the capital of Brazil again
The Earl of Mar has long been seen as a failed rebel and harmless utopian architect, but it’s time to take him seriously as an Enlightenment thinker
The Museu do Oriente in Lisbon looks at Portugal's recent links with the East as well as its longer history in the region