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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The Renaissance—from art-loving popes to Leonardo’s Mona Lisa and Michelangelo’s David—celebrated humanism and revolutionized how we think about our world.

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.

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

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 ...