A new exhibition at The Met Cloisters makes the case that gender and sexual fluidity were an essential part of Medieval religious art.
A team of archaeologists has investigated the wreck of a boat that sank in the 15th century, revealing fascinating new insights into the stricken vessel. The so-called "Maderö wreck" was first ...
A major influence on Abstract Expressionists like Rothko, wherein emotional evocation trumped figuration, Angelico’s great gift was his ability to convey a sense of the divine. Centuries later, his ...
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See How These Medieval Artists Explored the Many Meanings of Love and Desire in a New Exhibition at the Met Cloisters
The show features more than 50 paintings, manuscripts, textiles and other artworks created in Western Europe between the 13th ...
A Gutenberg Bible owned by the Huntington Library, in San Marino, California, has enjoyed some exciting exploits in its 600-year history. It’s been owned by Silesian nobles, traded by a Scottish ...
The recipient of this year's TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund, the manuscript will be taken apart and photographed for posterity. Horae beatae marie secundum usum curie romane of Black Book of Hours (ca.
This Loire Valley château, dating from the 15th century, is a listed historical monument with a rich history. According to listing agent David Mercier of Belles Demeures de France, the castle was ...
The Italian art police still don’t know who took the brilliantly illuminated manuscript page from a Franciscan friary, and ...
A historic pub in a picturesque Welsh village, which operates as a B&B, bar and restaurant, has been put up for sale.
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