Medieval artists didn’t always have firsthand experience with the animals they painted, and nowhere is that more obvious than ...

At the Met Cloisters in Manhattan, paintings, statuettes and other objects demonstrate that human desire transcends time and ...

WASHINGTON — About 1,000 years ago, a woman in Germany died and was buried in an unmarked grave in a church cemetery. No record of her life survived, and no historian had reason to wonder who she was.

J.R.R. Tolkien, the Brothers Grimm, and Walt Disney meet their historic European predecessors at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles through September 11. Unknown German, Three Horsemen in Armor from the ...

Medieval art was anything but simple – every detail had meaning. In this video, we dive into some of the most well-known medieval paintings to uncover the hidden symbolism woven into the imagery. From ...

Created around 1250, the small stained glass panel “God and the Tree of Knowledge” most likely illuminated a cathedral in Troyes, France. To the faithful, its depiction of Christ in the Garden of ...

This exhibition explores the influence of western medieval forms, practices, and themes on German Expressionists and their opposition to the tradition of naturalism. Presenting a new perspective from ...

Cats have been around forever, yet somehow medieval artists had absolutely no idea how to paint one—or maybe they just ...

The modern medieval castle in Bryn Athyn has closed for renovations until 2023. So it sent its prized 12th-century stained glass to the Philly Art Museum. The ceiling of the Greal Hall at Glencairn ...

You might think that when artists are faced with the question “what’s your favourite studio tool or art supply” they’d be limited for choice: oil paint, acrylic paint, watercolor, maybe oil pastel at ...