When looking at medieval art, it is important to recognize that the objects in a modern exhibition are taken out of their original context. Unlike much of the art produced in the intervening centuries ...

Rarer still is it to stumble across one of the exceptionally few paintings that can confidently be attributed to the Medieval Italian master, Cimabue. Back in the 13th century, his pioneering yet ...

At the National Museum of Denmark stands this impeccably detailed 14th-century vessel, embodying the place of fine art and ...

The compositions feel perfectly balanced, the colour exquisitely pretty: subtle contrasts of lilac-inflected greys and salmon pink in the Annunciation, one of the most popular medieval paintings ...