Venice used new art commissions to help its citizens understand the changing nature of power and quell public anxiety during ...

Cats wearing clothes and playing musical instruments.These are part of a treasure trove of medieval animal illustrations that ...

Unicorns have been both revered and attacked in art over centuries. And one depiction in particular has an unusual connection ...

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 ...

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

Public domain. For nearly forty years, Early Drama, Art, and Music (EDAM) has established a reputation for publishing specialized, high-quality scholarship through Medieval Institute Publications. The ...

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 ...

Originally a medieval royal fortification, the museum now serves as an art gallery and showcases significant objects from the ...

This module focuses on Japan’s medieval period, including the Kamakura (1185-1333), the Muromachi (1336-1573), and the Momoyama (1573-1603) shogunates. Photograph ...

Once only indicated through a sketch by Leonardo da Vinci from around 1495, concealed passageways have been discovered ...