Futurism didn't just want new paintings — it wanted art to invade daily life itself. Here's how far that ambition went, and where it fell short.

Cubism painted a still object from every angle. Futurism painted an object that never stood still. Here's the difference.

August Sander set out to photograph the face of an entire nation — one plain, undramatized portrait at a time.

Marcel Duchamp signed a urinal and called it art. Here's how that one gesture — the ready-made — reshaped a century of art history.