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Art History
Explore art across cultures and centuries, following the people who created it and the societies that gave it meaning. These histories examine how images, objects, monuments, and built spaces preserved belief, displayed power, challenged convention, and reshaped human perception.
By Aaron Couch / 10.26.2015 University of Washington In a city full of engineering marvels and tourists...
Is there a geometry lesson hidden in ‘The Last Supper’? Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Henry Adams /...
Early Imperial Roman ceramic bowls, early 1st century CE / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York ...
Still Life with Peaches and Water Jar (left), Still Life with a Silver Tray with Prunes, Dried figs,...
By Dr. L.R. Poos and Dr. Martha D. Rust Poos: Professor of History, Late Medieval and...
By Dr. Katherine French (left), Dr. Kathryn Smith (center), and Dr. Sarah Stanbury (right) French:...
By Carole Raddato / 04.29.2014 Historian The Acropolis Museum in Athens celebrated the 1900th anniversary of Hadrian’s...
This huge key stone which was found in Çemberlitaş may belong to a big arch at the...
Great Mosque at Damascus (Photo: G. Lewis) Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 04.12.2017 Brewminate Editor-in-Chief A...
The Roman temple Maison Carré of Nimes, France, built 19-16 BCE, dedicated to Gaius and Lucius, the...
Map of the Ancient Near East / Wikimedia Commons Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 04.14.2016 Brewminate...
Medieval book model / Whetton & Grosch By Dr. Eric Kwakkel / 12.08.2014 Professor of Medieval History...
Postcard issued by Antiquitäten Gustav Cramer at Lennéstrasse 8 in Berlin, Germany, approximately 1938, showing the interior...
John Lennon – Imagine 04.07.2017 Ever wonder what John Lennon’s “Imagine” looks like? Not the music video,...
Portico at the Palace at Knossos / Wikimedia Commons Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 04.10.2017 Brewminate...
Beba Coca Cola (Drink Coca Cola), 1957, Décio Pignatari. Screen print from Poesia concreta in Brasile (Milan:...
A fern repeats its pattern at various scales. Michael, CC BY-NC By Dr. Richard Taylor / 03.30.2017...
Descent of the Ganges or Arjuna’s Penance, 7th-8th century, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India (photo: Nireekshit, Wikimedia Commons) By Dr....
By Guity Novin / 03.23.2014 Graphic Designer, Artist Introduction The US history of posters is intimately connected...
Clay tablet (PY Ub 1318) inscribed with Linear B script, from the Mycenaean palace of Pylos. This...
Mathematical visualization techniques led the author to create this virtual scene, showing shapes from the realm of...
Installation view of Right Hand from the Equestrian Statue of Louis XV (1758); in the background, a...
By Dr. Kathryn Piquette / 12.18.2013 Senior Research Consultant and Imaging Specialist University College London Introduction...
By Guity Novin / 03.23.2014 Graphic Designer, Artist Ancient rock reliefs played the role of today’s posters....
Equestrian Monument to Louis XV by Bouchardon, Benoît Louis Prevost, plate from Description des travaux qui ont...
By Dr. Alan Johnston / 12.18.2013 Professor of Archaeology University College London Background It is my intention...
The Ascension of Christ (detail) from the Laudario of Sant’Agnese, about 1340, Pacino di Bonaguida. Tempera and...
By Dr. Andreas PetzoldProfessor of History of ArtMPW London By Valerie SpanswickFreelance WriterHistory of Art and Architecture...
Figure 1: P.Cairo 30961 recto. Photograph Ahmed Amin, Egyptian Museum, Cairo. By Dr. Stephen Kidd / 12.18.2013...