The Shinto shrine of Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha, Mount Fuji. The site’s most important shrine, it was...
Art History
John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, 1786–1820, oil on canvas, 20 7/8 x 31...
Detail of a relief at Persepolis showing a procession of subject peoples bringing gifts characteristic of their...
A Tournament Contest from Tournament Book, about 1560–70, unknown illuminator, made in Germany. The J. Paul Getty...
It revolutionized the art of portrait-making. By Afzal Ibrahim / 07.22.2018 Introduction A question often asked –...
Heddal Stave Church (Creative Commons) These historic churches feature elaborate carvings that mix Christian and Viking symbols....
Christopher Bordenave and Sasha Rivero perform Sky Echo at the Getty An is not exclusive to sound....
Federated States of Micronesia. The Yap Islands can be found in the far western portion of the...
Nan Madol, 13th-17th century C.E., Pohnpei, The Federated States of Micronesia (photo: smwd0030, CC BY 2.0) Sometimes art...
It can be hard to fathom the society-altering impact the new printed image had when it first...
Men working at a printing press, proofing copy, inking, and setting type. Wood engraving after a woodcut...
Silbury Hill Neolithic mound. It stands 30 metres high and 160 metres wide, and comprises half a...
One of the greatest treasures of Cambridge University Library is a Buddhist manuscript that was produced in...
Dr. Maxime Aubert, archeologist and geochemist, uses his headlamp to examine the cave art at Leang Lompoa...
Otto Wagner, Postal Savings Bank, Vienna, 1904-06 and 1910-12 “What is impractical can never be beautiful.” –...
This bilingual papyrus containing magical spells and recipes dates from the early third century A.D. and is...
An ancient wall painting depicting the awakening of the Buddha Taṇhaṅkara in Upali Thein temple, Bagan, Myanmar...
Machu Picchu Exploring the work of South American indigenous people’s before colonization. Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh...
Madrid Codex (replica) in the Museum of the Americas, Madrid / Photo by Simon Burchell, Wikimedia Commons...
EPB/35960/A: François Mauriceau, The accomplisht midwife, treating of the diseases of women with child, and in child-bed...
View from north-east of Reims Cathedral (High Gothic) / Photo by G.Garitan, Wikimedia Commons By Valerie Spanswick /...
Photo by Dada, Wikimedia Commons Tattooing was practised by many ancient societies, including the ancient Egyptians and...
The tattooed right hand of a Chiribaya mummy is displayed at El Algarrobal Museum, near the port...
Abigail Adams / Public Domain As state sponsored government art, stamps offer an incredibly rich visual resource....
“She Who Points the Way.” Wall Fragment with the Virgin Mary and Coats of Arms, mid-1400s, made...
The Āmeri House is a historic house in Kashan, in Isfahan Province, in Iran / Photo by...
Illustrations with highly symbolic meanings are used to determine the fate of people born on a particular...
By Judith M. Lamb Senior Thesis Hollins University The stories of an all-female warrior race had long...
The first important transformation of English medieval design practice occurred in a military context, during the reign...
Various statues carved on the temple walls depicting the Indian Gods in various moods. / Photo by...