Now, a correction. On Tuesday, we ran a story about the famous Renaissance painting the "Birth Of Venus" by Sandro Boticelli. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: You know the image - a nude Venus, head tilted, red ...

In ancient times, shells served as decorations, tools, religious artifacts and currency, as well as canvases for art. However, archaeological evidence of this practice has been scarce, and research in ...

Chinese researchers have successfully restored two shell paintings from the Warring States period (475-221 BC) in north China's Hebei Province, according to a recent research article published in the ...

Sitting in front of a cutting wheel in his studio full of seashells, artisan Jin A'shan takes a few pieces, fashions them into different shapes and quickly polishes them. Within minutes, ordinary ...

Combo photo taken on Nov 29, 2017 shows the shell paintings created by teachers and students of Huyun Middle School in Huyun township of Wannian county, East China's Jiangxi province. Shell painting, ...

John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1988. "The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Guide to the Collections," Sarasota, FL: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art ...

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Butler Institute of American Art, "Supplement to the Catalogue of the permanent collection of American art," Youngstown, OH: The Institute, 1954, pg. 125. Butler Institute of American Art, "Sixty ...