Stele of Minnakht, chief of the scribes, 14th century BCE. (Louvre Museum, Paris) By Dr. Joshua J....
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.
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...
Still from Derek Jarman’s Blue. Photo: Liam Daniel © 1993 Basilisk Communications Ltd. By Jennelyn Tumalad /...
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...
The iconic central plaza at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Photo © Salk Institute for Biological...
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...
By David Pescovitz / 10.26.2016 Shinri Tezuka, 27, sculpts candy into beautiful, creepy, and very sweet creatures...
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...
Victorious Youth; Unknown; Greece; 300 – 100 B.C.; Bronze with inlaid copper; 151.5 × 70 × 27.9...
J. Paul Getty at Jerash (ancient Gerasa) in Jordan, 1954. Institutional Archives, The Getty Research Institute. 5...
Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer), Early Classical Period, Roman marble copy after a Greek bronze original from c. 450-440 B.C.E....
By David Pescovitz / 10.15.2016 My friend Daniel Martin Diaz‘s exquisite paintings lie at the intersection of...
By Dr. Renee M. Gondek Adjunct Professor of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion University of Mary Washington A...
By Daniel Penny / 08.02.2016 Those who are truly contemporary, who truly belong to their time, are...
10.14.2016 Appreciated today for its aesthetic qualities, color during the Middle Ages was also understood for its...
Courtesy of the YouTube channel Skunk Bear Transcript: You probably know that pencil lead isn’t actually...
Bible, about 1280–90, Bologna, Italy. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig I 11, fol. 248v Medieval...
Detail from one of Clarke’s illustrations for Faust by Goethe (1925), his own likeness used for the...
A new study tries to measure the impact of reading on creativity and the motivation to write....
By Dr. Tuomas Eerola / 09.29.2016 Professor of Music Cognition Durham University Tear-jerkers such as Adele’s Someone...
Verdant, J.A.W. Cooper. Courtesy of and © J.A.W. Cooper A chat with L.A. artist J.A.W. Cooper about...