Throughout history, writers and artists have explored the impact of plagues and pandemics on humanity. One of...
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Christians initially disagreed over whether religious images were good or bad, resulting in the iconoclasm controversy. What...
Art is an integral part of every individual’s growth. Whether they take it as a means to...
Exploring its use (and misuse) over the centuries as political propaganda, loot, and even fodder in the...
This tapestry, made in China to be sold in Portugal, is an example of a transcultural object,...
Was the removal of antiquities from China simple theft or something more complicated? “After you have the...
In 1893 and 1894 French archaeologists uncovered two extremely similar kouroi while excavating the sanctuary of Apollo...
Zapata fought with guns. Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros fought with their own...
Photography arrived in China from Europe in the mid-nineteenth century. Introduction Can a photograph be appreciated in...
In the general order of their appearance, there are: seal script, clerical script, cursive script, running script,...
Some of the most popular examples from Western culture originated in the Classical myths of Ancient Greece...
In an overwhelming and crowded composition, Rivera represents pivotal scenes from the history of the modern nation-state....
The European invasion and colonization of the Americas was launched in 1492 from Hispaniola. Introduction In the...
This cut-and-paste aesthetic was wholly embraced by Berlin Dada as a form of political and social critique....
The theme of Salome is one that Moreau returned to time and again. Salome dancing before Herod,...
After the revolution, one of the ways the French government seized assets, property, and art collections. Introduction...
How early burial customs and practices could not only reflect someone’s ambition, but also elevate their status....
A close look at the flowers, fruits, seedpods, insects, and other small creatures in a 16th-century manuscript....
Trajan expanded the Roman Empire to its greatest extent, celebrating his victories with this monumental column. The...
Safavid art and architecture reflected the adoption of a Shi’a identity. Introduction to the Safavid Dynasty: Rise...
Alexander J. Davis was America’s greatest architect of the mid-nineteenth century. America’s greatest architect of the mid-nineteenth...
He embodied the ideal of sprezzatura (the appearance of nonchalant effortlessness in his creative process). Introduction Raffaello...
He was mythologized by followers, emulated by artists, celebrated by humanists, and patronized by a total of...
We know a lot about the Mycenaeans because they left written records which can be read. Introduction...
The Bronze Age history of the island is one of development, increasing influence, and eventual destruction. Introduction...
It was perhaps inevitable that the distinction between original and copy became blurred in the Renaissance art...
These expensive commodities were one of the major assets of a workshop. Introduction There were three principal painting...
They were places where ideas were experimented with and where new trends could be studied, discussed, and...
Ideas were transmitted across Europe as scholars published their own works, commentaries on ancient texts, and criticism...
Not every artist in Renaissance and Baroque Rome had access to ancient Greek and Roman statues. Early...