From the new book: Leonardo’s exploded view of the muscles and tendons of the soles of the...
Art History
Conservator Eduardo Sanchez at work in the Getty Villa’s stone conservation studio. He’s removing old restorations to...
Micah Hughes on M. Brett Wilson’s Translating the Qurʾan in an Age of Nationalism By Micah Hughes...
Two Female Figures in Half-length and a Study of a Hand, 1861, Friedrich Preller. The J. Paul...
Paintings conservator Devi Ormond cleans Guercino’s Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph, c. 1620, Guercino. On loan...
Stonehenge, c. 3,000 B.C.E., Salisbury Plain, England Introduction By Dr. Senta German Ashmolean Museum of Art and...
Unprocessed bankers boxes from Knoedler Archive A glimpse into three years and a half of teamwork organizing,...
Ocean Park #79, 1975, Richard Diebenkorn. Philadelphia Museum of Art, purchased with a grant from the National...
A Wound Man from a late 15th-century manuscript, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Cgm 597 / Munich Digitization Center This...
Brauron. View of the sanctuary of Artemis from the southwest. On the left is the Doric stoa...
By Dr. Stephen Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris Zucker – Dean of Art and History, Khan...
By Dr. Joshua J. Mark Professor of Philosophy Marist College The Egyptian Book of the Dead is...
Temple of Athena Nike, 421-05 B.C.E., marble, Acropolis, Athens By Katarzyna Minollari PhD Candidate in Art History...
Installation view of The Shimmer of Gold: Giovanni di Paolo in Renaissance Siena at the Getty Center....
The geocentric system of the world, with the Earth at the center of the Universe, was as...
Left: Front of Krater. Right: Back of Krater. Colossal Krater from Altamura, about 350 B.C., Greek, made...
Stele of Minnakht, chief of the scribes, 14th century BCE. (Louvre Museum, Paris) By Dr. Joshua J....
Kwakwaka’wakw artist, Eagle Mask closed, late 19th c., from Alert Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, cedar...
Paper negative and paper print: Notre-Dame, Paris, about 1853, Charles Nègre. Waxed paper negative (left), 13 1/4...
Conservators position a panel of Vasari’s The Last Supper vertically to align the edges of the joint....
Chamber in Cappuccini Catacombs with Earth from Palestine, Rome, ca. 1900, Underwood and Underwood, Bert Underwood. Gelatin...
The routes of the four Voyages of Christopher Columbus, 1492-1504 to the Caribbean Islands and the coast...
Jan Steen, Self Portrait, 3rd quarter of 17th century / Wikimedia Commons Why do we so seldom...
Polynesia Hiapo (tapa) By Dr. Caroline Klarr Polynesian Art Historian Polynesian history and culture Polynesia is one...
Beautifully preserved life-size painted limestone funerary sculptures of Prince Rahotep and his wife Nofret. Note the lifelike...
Figure Studies, 1553–56, Taddeo Zuccaro. Red and black chalk, 10 3/8 × 13 7/8 in. The J....
The newly discovered late 4th century mosaic floor in the Great Basilica in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv features a...
Philosophy Presenting the Seven Liberal Arts to Boethius (detail), miniature in a French manuscript of The Consolation...
Constantine the Great presents the city (Constantinople) and Justinian the Great presents Hagia Sophia to the Virgin,...
An artist at the Dunhuang Academy carefully adds color to a replica wall painting. Image courtesy of...