Cats have been around forever, yet somehow medieval artists had absolutely no idea how to paint one—or maybe they just ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

A range of paintings, textiles, wood and stone sculptures, illuminated manuscripts, and other objects of worship serves as a basic primer on European medieval art. Nothing on view greedily demands ...

In the Middle Ages, as today, visual art offered an avenue to explore, affirm, and sometimes challenge social roles and relationships. Medieval people defined themselves and their neighbors through ...