William Theiss
William Theiss is a PhD candidate in history at Princeton University.
Why did European nobles go all gooey for waxworks?
They’re now little more than popular amusements – but with their discomfiting realism, wax effigies were once considered fit for royalty
15 Jun 2022
Holbein’s signs and seals really deliver at the Morgan Library
By homing in on Holbein’s miniatures, this survey of the Renaissance master gives us a broad picture of the world he lived in
28 Feb 2022
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Podcast
The Masterpiece podcast: episode three
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
An everyday luxury – the artists finding beauty in banality