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 benighted ...
(CNN) — So you want to live like you’re from the Middle Ages? Well, maybe that’s not a common aspiration, but nevertheless, it’s a subject that’s become Olivia M. Swarthout’s expertise. Swarthout is ...
KALAMAZOO, Mich.—A medieval art historian has won Western Michigan University's Otto Gründler Book Prize for her book on the study of absences, “lacunae” and gaps in manuscripts from the Middle Ages ...
Manuscript of “Two Leaves from the Mirror of Human Salvation” formerly used as a book cover (Germany, late 14th century), ink and pigments on medium weight, cream-colored parchment (courtesy the ...
Researchers in Switzerland have discovered more details about the medieval material Zwischgold, which can help in the restoration process of 15th century artworks. To study Zwischgold, researchers ...
Game of Thrones may be finished (for now), but medieval history and the concepts of chivalry and knighthood are no less fascinating in its absence. Fortunately, those in New York can get their fix of ...
J.R.R. Tolkien, the Brothers Grimm, and Walt Disney meet their historic European predecessors at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles through September 11. Unknown German, Three Horsemen in Armor from the ...
When you think of old paintings, your mind may wander to an image with a somber, stiff tone. It’s likely because most of the ...
The modern medieval castle in Bryn Athyn has closed for renovations until 2023. So it sent its prized 12th-century stained glass to the Philly Art Museum. The ceiling of the Greal Hall at Glencairn ...
Gilded paintings were popular in late medieval Italian art, but not every artist had the budget for real gold. Painter Cimabue used a mixture of pigments and silver powder to create a similar golden ...
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