Robert Eggers has only made four movies, but he is already celebrated for his unstinting focus on period detail. It turns out that he was inspired by the best.

The New York dealer Nicholas Hall has announced on Instagram that the Uffizi Galleries in Florence have acquired Salvator Rosa's La Strega (The Witch). To quote part of their catalogue note ...

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including an oft-repeated tale of a Ouija board revealing Cooper was the reincarnation of a 17th century witch of the same name. In actuality, Cooper was a savvy showman at heart and realized that ...

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A rare, 18th-century “witch bottle” — filled with a peculiar liquid — was recently discovered in England. Photo from the North East Lincolnshire Council, Facebook While renovating a ...

The rumors about witches lasted throughout the 20th century and were combined with traditions from the colonial world. The good society looked with bad eyes at this wave of alternative beliefs, and ...

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