Caroline Knight, FSA, is an architectural historian and trained at the Courtauld Institute. She researches British buildings ...

India's handmade textiles are embedded in every aspect of its identity. The history of these fabrics date back at least 6,000 years. Courtly splendour was proclaimed by sumptuous fabrics, while ...

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Rodin paved the way for 'modern' sculpture, challenging accepted traditions in his figures, portraits, groups and conceptual works. The V&A has 24 Rodin sculptures, including 18 given by the sculptor ...

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Decorative, sensual, and uncompromising, Art Nouveau ('New Art') emerged as a dynamic and expressive style in the visual arts from the early 1890s to the First World War. Taking its inspiration from ...

The photographer David Bailey described a fashion photograph simply as "a portrait of someone wearing a dress". The roots of the profession are found in Victorian society portraiture. From as early as ...

This research guide describes material in the V&A Archive related to 19th century international exhibitions, including exhibition files, press cuttings, photographs, official correspondence and ...

With a practice spanning six decades and two continents, ranging from street to studio and fashion to documentary, Ghanaian photographer James Barnor (born 1929) is now recognised as a pioneering ...

Grace Robertson (1930 – 2021) was a pioneering photographer and observer of British life, who championed the lives and work of women throughout her career. Robertson began working as a photographer in ...

Scottish football fans can now show their support in style with the launch of a newly commissioned Scotland World Cup Football Scarf, released this week by V&A Dundee, Scotland’s Design Museum.