In the time of Kievan Rus’, goldwork embroidery flourished in the lives of the feudal elite and...
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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...
These works had been known for years by locals on the island of Sulawesi, but it was...
The Achaemenid Empire was a period of artistic growth that left an extraordinary architectural legacy. Introduction Achaemenid...
Iran has inherited numerous architectural traditions over the course of history. Introduction From the Islamic period the...
This period is characterized by major cultural and political changes. Historical Overview During the Early Dynastic period...
This is probably the best expression of of Pizan’s views of contemporary medieval women. The Woman Question...
The temples at Khajuraho, including the Lakshmana temple, have become famous for their amorous images. Ideal Female...
Meet the printmaker and activist, whose images of loss, injustice, and poverty resonate today. By Christina Aube...
The pagans paved the way for our modern festivities. Introduction The idea of hanging up decorations in...
Australia’s under appreciated colonial art is a window to the past that can help us understand the...
Bronze bells were first made in Korea in the Bronze Age. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The metalworkers...
Othello shows us the cosmopolitan nature of renaissance Venice. Of all Shakespeare’s plays, it is Othello which...
The sculpture was recovered at the House of the Eagles, the meeting place of eagle and jaguar...
Art nouveau was the modern art movement that America almost entirely missed. Art nouveau was the modern art...
The map had much to say about the intellectual rapport between cartographers and navigators in the fifteenth...
Zvartnots Cathedral was constructed at a time of much chaos in Near East. Introduction The ruins of...
Works by artists like Velasco, Troya, Chartrand, and Oller offer an alternative to depictions by foreign artists....
By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction For the Incas finely worked and highly decorative textiles came to symbolize both...
In the sixteenth century, cities were considered to embody an ideal of sophisticated and refined living. The...
In the manuscript, each of Khufu’s sons speaks in turn, telling their own tale for their father’s...
People in Arctic and Northwest Coast communities are uncovering the therapeutic history of tattoos. By Joshua Rapp...
People have long made their skin into canvases that convey rich personal, spiritual, or ritual meanings in...
From gift-bestowing sparrows and peach-born heroes to goblin spiders and dancing phantom cats — in a series...
Examining Dadd’s most famous painting The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke. This article, Richard Dadd’s ‘Fairy Feller’ Master-Stroke, was...
Traditional tile art tells the stories of Portugal’s proud seafaring history. By Kim MartinsHistorian Introduction Glazed blue...
Lisbon was the capital of the Portuguese Empire, a nation of explorers, seafarers and conquerors. By Wanda...