Visual registers of Latin America acquired new characteristics at the dawning of the 19th century. Introduction Alongside...
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A conceptual sculpture made entirely of ice brought attention to global warming and redefined monuments as ephemeral...
As Leonardo da Vinci found centuries ago, scholars of art, design, engineering and science can work together...
The new vistas of China available after the development of the East India trade attracted many Chinese...
The earliest cave paintings here are about 30,000 years old. Introduction The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological site...
Jewish life did not solely consist of worrying about one’s day-to-day survival. Summary Jewish culture reflects the...
The pottery of ancient Korea stretches back to prehistory when simple brown wares were made and decorated...
Examining the cultural heritage of Early Modern Europe and its influence in contemporary thought. By Angel Solis,...
What place does the paper book have in our increasingly all-digital present? What place does the paper...
Study and treatment of a Renaissance altarpiece reveals new details about the artist’s working method, as well...
One of the most common mediums for political art has long been poster making. One of the...
The symbols used in Norse mythology had to do not only with supernatural entities but also with...
Symbols in a largely illiterate society serve the vital purpose of relaying the most important values of...
It has fallen on textile conservators to keep historic textiles preserved, and a surprising amount of science...
Viking Age Scandinavians almost exclusively made applied art – aesthetically appealing and useful. By Emma GroeneveldHistorian Introduction...
An unlikely combination of artists, medieval historians, philosophers and scientists have converged to create an exhibition of...
A new study posits the woman was licking brushes covered with pigments of lapis lazuli, a rare...
Sara’s images defined the Soviet Union at its ‘base line’. What was life like in early Soviet...
Keith C. Heidorn takes a look at the life and work of Wilson Bentley, a self-educated farmer...
Its dizzy heights may have passed, but the fad for adult coloring books is far from over....
Examining the role of animals in Thai manuscript art. Illustrations of real and mythical animals play an...
Yma Sumac’s career embodied many of the contradictions that emerge when the international desire to consume exoticism...
Because Mayan hieroglyphs have yet to be encoded, the ancient Mayan emperor K’inich Janaab’ Pakal would have...
Lynes was a highly sought-after commercial and fashion photographer in the 1930s and 1940s. But he had...
To an anthropologist, it means the patterns of human behaviour, and all that that entails. 01.01.2018 Introduction The...
A massive mural of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump engaged in a passionate...
The Wanderings of a Comet, from Another World, 1844 / Internet Archive With its dreamlike inversions and kaleidoscopic...
jonandsamfreecycle, Flickr, Creative Commons The Atelier Populaire produced many of the iconic images of the student and...
Christopher Bordenave and Sasha Rivero perform Sky Echo at the Getty An is not exclusive to sound....
dwell.com Looking at the urban social history of Accra through the singular Oxford Street, part of the city’s...