Aerial view of the Louvre Museum (2010), photo: Matthias Kabel (CC BY-SA 3.0) “The origin of the modern museum…is...
Art History
Harry Burton, Howard Carter with Innermost Coffin of Tutankhamun, 1922 (Tutankhamun Archive, Griffith Institute, University of Oxford)...
Geese (detail), from the Presentation of the Geese, Tomb chapel of Nebamun, c. 1350 B.C.E., paint on plaster,...
Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine By Patrick Outhwaite / 04.21.2017 PhD Candidate in English McGill University...
Portrait of Kircher at age 53 from Mundus Subterraneus (1664) / Wikimedia Commons With his enormous range of scholarly...
‘The Escape’, artist unknown. Image credit: Adamson Collection / Wellcome Library By Solomon Szekir-Papasavva / 06.13.2017 Engagement...
An Iroquois longhouse Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 12.30.2017 Brewminate Editor-in-Chief All images from Wikimedia Commons Introduction A longhouse or long...
Chromolithograph of a fruiting branch of the cacao tree, by P. Depannemaeker, ca.1885, after an image by...
The routes of the four Voyages of Christopher Columbus, 1492-1504 to the Caribbean Islands and the coast...
Today, feathers are an extravagant accessory in fashion; 500 years ago, however, they were used to constitute...
King Menkaure (Mycerinus) and queen, 2490–2472 B.C.E., greywacke, 142.2 x 57.1 x 55.2 cm (Museum of Fine...
Contrary to what many believe, Santa Claus as we know him today – sleigh riding, gift-giving, rotund...
Girl Looking at: Andy Warhol, Campbell’s Soup Cans, 1962, synthetic polymer on 32 canvases each 20 x 16″ (The Museum...
“Saint Catherine in Prayer,” by the 16th century painter Plautilla Nelli, was restored in 2008. Nelli was featured...
By Dr. Richard Aspin / 11.03.2016 Head of Research Wellcome Library Almanacs have a long association...
Édouard Manet, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, oil on canvas, 1882 (Courtauld Gallery, London) By Dr. Parme Giuntini...
View of Florence (detail), Unknown Artist, Madonna della Misericordia, 1342 (Museo del Bigallo, Florence) By Dr. Joanna Milk...
Red roses in the Getty’s garden and as a detail in All Saints from the Spinola Hours, about 1510–20,...
Seated Figure, terracotta, 13th century, Mali, Inland Niger Delta region, Djenné peoples, 25/4 x 29.9 cm (The...
Terracotta fragments, Lapita people, c. 1000 B.C.E., red-slip earthenware, Santa Cruz Islands, south-east of Solomon Islands (Department...
Standing Male Worshipper (votive figure), c. 2900-2600 B.C.E., Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq), gypsum alabaster, shell, black...
Drawing of Alexander von Humboldt’s concept of Naturgemälde: “a microcosm in one page.” Published in Alexander von Humboldt...
Left: Pedestaled krater, c. 800-770 B.C.E., 55.5 cm high, Greek, Geometric period, Rhodes. Right: Jug with a griffin-head spout,...
Priest receiving communion before altar (detail), Master of the Church Fathers’ Border, The Mass of Saint Gregory, late...
Terracotta kantharos (vase), 7th century B.C.E., Etruscan, terracotta, 18.39 cm high (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) By Dr....
Niobid Painter, Niobid Krater, Attic red-figure calyx-krater, c. 460-450 B.C.E., 54 x 56 cm (Musée du Louvre) By Dr....
Apulu (Apollo of Veil), from the roof of the Portonaccio temple, Italy, c. 510-500 B.C.E., painted terracotta,...
View of sphinxes, the first pylon, and the central east-west aisle of Temple of Amon-Re, Karnak in...
Peristyle, Casa della Venere in Conchiglia, Pompeii (Photo: F. Tronchin/Warren, Peristyle, Casa della Venere in Conchiglia, Pompeii, BY-NC-ND...
Figure 1.1 | Blind Homer with Guide, by William-Adolphe Bouguereau / Milwaukee Art Museum, Wikimedia Commons By...