Deciphering Linear B, the earliest form of Greek, was a history-changing achievement, but decoding the older Linear...
Art
The Mycenaeans were indigenous Greeks who were likely stimulated by their contact with Minoan Crete and other...
Exploring the significance of the 19th-centurty Welsh singerās ingenious set of images, which until recently were thought...
The period was characterized by a fluidity of design accented by a sense of drama. Introduction The...
While the Protestants harshly criticized the cult of images, the Catholic Church ardently embraced the religious power...
The Italian Renaissance began in Tuscany, centered in the cities of Florence and Siena. Introduction The Italian...
The Tapestry is valued both as a work of art and as a source concerning the history...
Justifications for the propagandizing elements in these mosaics are not difficult. Power on earth was once –...
Though altarpieces were not necessary for the Mass, they became a standard feature of altars throughout Europe....
Is this statue at the Vatican actually the ancient sculpture mentioned by Pliny, or rather a clever...
Conservators and scientists devote 15 months to preserving an ancient treasure from one of Italy’s great museums....
The archaic Greek poet is conceived of as the wellspring from which the later Western artistic tradition...
The regalia includes several medieval articles and gemstones. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The Crown Jewels of the...
The general consensus is that it is genuine, dates from the Achaemenid Period, and is representative of...
Persian art and architecture was influenced early on by the older civilizations of Elam and Susiana. Introduction...
Ancient Chinese artists were not professionals but gentlemen amateurs (and a few ladies) who were also scholars....
There was new development toward life-likeness and a form of idealized realism. Kamakura Period (1185-1333): New Aesthetic...
The arts of Japan are profoundly intertwined with the country’s long and complex history. Introduction Japan’s arts...
Art is a wonderfully tangible pathway to past cultures. By Dr. Arathi Menon Introduction Art is a...
Each generation, each epoch, has seen themselves apocalyptically, albeit with great differences as to what the actual...
Created between 1377 and 1382, it is the oldest surviving French tapestry. Introduction The Apocalypse Tapestry is...
Mirka Mora was a trailblazer for women artists in the 70s, bringing āfeminine techniquesā to the forefront...
Exploring Fullerās unlikely stardom and how her beguiling art embodied the era’s newly blurred boundaries between human...
Investigating an early 19th-century meme in the press to criticize the corrupt and repressive policies of King...
In the 18th Century, most travelers and explorers had painters and illustrators at their sides who recorded...
In the time of Kievan Rusā, goldwork embroidery flourished in the lives of the feudal elite and...
An anthropologist works in American Samoa, taking advantage of the island’s longstanding tattoo culture to tease out...
Tattoo patterns and art on the face and body differed from one Polynesian island group to the...
A wide-ranging new Getty book examines the role of text and image across cultures over the thousand-year...
There are silk makers in different parts of Iran who still practice the trade their ancestors did...