The Cathedral of Light at Sydney’s Vivid Festival. Doug Ford/flickr By Dr. Naomi Stead / 06.10.2016 Associate...
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.
Brodie castle, north Scotland. Albert de Bruijn By Dr. Peter Lindfield / 10.30.2016 Postdoctoral Researcher, Literature and...
The 2007 midwinter solstice illumination of the main altar tabernacle of Old Mission San Juan Bautista, California....
Odo of Metz, Palatine Chapel Interior, Aachen, 805 (photo: Holly Hayes) By Dr. Nancy Ross / 12.19.2016...
By Dr. Jeffrey A. Becker / 08.15.2015 Mediterranean Archaeologist An architectural order describes a style of building....
Detail of a gypsum wall relief from the northwest at Nimrud. What has survived is the left...
Livia (58 BCE – 29 CE), wife of Augustus 12.06.2016 Archaeologies of Hair: An Introduction By Dr....
Male and Female Poro Altar Figures (Ndeo), 19th–mid-20th century, Senufo peoples, Korhogo region, Bandama River region, Côte...
From the new book: Leonardo’s exploded view of the muscles and tendons of the soles of the...
Conservator Eduardo Sanchez at work in the Getty Villa’s stone conservation studio. He’s removing old restorations to...
By Anna O’Faolan / 12.14.2016 Exploring the Nature of Creativity Does an optimistic mood bring greater creative...
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...
They were really popular back in the day, and looking at the photos below, it’s easy to...
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. MarkProfessor of PhilosophyMarist College Introduction The Egyptian Book of the Dead is a...
Temple of Athena Nike, 421-05 B.C.E., marble, Acropolis, Athens By Katarzyna Minollari PhD Candidate in Art History...
12.01.2016 All photos by the artist, Julia Koceva 23-year-old Julia Koceva has taken the internet by storm with...
Installation view of The Shimmer of Gold: Giovanni di Paolo in Renaissance Siena at the Getty Center....
11.25.2016 Featuring perfectly replicated seams, soles and shoelaces, as well as impressively realistic finish, these life-size chocolate shoes seem...
Anita Francis, ‘The Complete Works of Shakespeare,’ book sculpture, 2014. By permission of the artist. Anita Francis,...
 By Bryan C. KeeneAssistant Curator, Department of ManuscriptsGetty Museum In medieval Europe there was a close link...
Left: Front of Krater. Right: Back of Krater. Colossal Krater from Altamura, about 350 B.C., Greek, made...
About one in four people regrets having tattoos. / Shutterstock By Dr. Greg Hall / 11.14.2016 Assistant...