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The portraits of James Barnor, Seydou Keïta and Malick Sidibé conjure up an image of cool modernity – but also draw on a long photographic tradition

It may be an unassuming little shelter, but the beach hut tells of a British infatuation with property and propriety

Raymond Erith adapted classical architecture for a modern age

The novelist may be little read today, but his fiction inspired an enduring, Romantic vision of the past

The giant ferris wheel may now be part of the furniture – but the view from on high is still revolutionary

Most Parisians treat the Arc de Triomphe as a glorified roundabout – but by climbing it they’d see the city in a new light

The sculptor took Restoration England by storm with his virtuosic woodwork

Why do paintings and objects from the Tudor and Stuart periods have so much to say for themselves?

One of the world’s greatest collections of medieval manuscripts now has state-of-the-art accommodation, writes Michael Prodger

Sitting on the steps is now forbidden – but for centuries, the monumental staircase has been one of Rome’s most theatrical attractions

The early Olympic games of the modern era set out to celebrate both ‘muscle and mind’ – which meant that artists were in the mix for medals