During this period, there was a steady evolution in art, from medieval two-dimensional to more lifelike 3-D. Back in the Middle Ages, altarpieces were far from realistic.

We celebrate the period as a golden age of cultural rebirth. But two new books argue that the Renaissance, as we imagine it, ...

Swarthout is the researcher behind the popular art history-inspired social media account Weird Medieval Guys, which has attracted nearly 700,000 followers on X, formerly Twitter, since she began ...

In the center of the Bowdoin Gallery, which currently features selections from the Museum's permanent collection of European and American art, is a gleaming case of small, eye-catching medieval and ...

Located in a secluded convent outside of Florence, the 600-year-old artwork was concealed behind layers of paint for most of ...

Every generation seems to see something different in Europe’s Middle Ages, the centuries following the collapse of the Roman Empire in the 5th century A.D. To Renaissance scholars, it was a ...

To today’s audiences, medieval art can look outright bizarre. Before the stylistic shifts that defined the Renaissance, medieval illustrations often featured flat, unrealistic figures and ...

Art World Art Bites: Why People in Old Paintings Look So… Queasy The age of these paintings have left some figures looking a little green. Duccio's Maestà (ca. 1311).

The medieval pop culture renaissance From ‘House of the Dragon’ to ‘The Northman,’ the meanings ye make of the past doth tell much about the present state of art and politics.

The Glencairn Museum, in Bryn Athyn about 15 miles north of Philadelphia, is a modern-day medieval cathedral, built in the 1930s to incorporate a collection of historic medieval architectural ...

Hear ye, hear ye: Medieval art that inspired ‘Game of Thrones’ and more at the Getty Frontispiece, title page (1893).

After its medieval struggles, Europe rediscovered the art of the ancients, led by booming Florence. We revel in the bold spirit of the Cathedral’s lofty dome and Botticelli’s sweet Venus ...