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The Middle Ages aren’t just about heroic knights and epic battles. If there’s one thing that never fails to boost our mood, it’s medieval art! It’s colorful, creative, quirky, and goofy, and it ...

Derick Baegert, ‘Crucifixion,’ Dortmund, ca. 1475. Propsteikirche, Dortmund. “Dark Mirror: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Jewish Iconography,” by Sara Lipton, Metropolitan Books, 416 pages, $37 Those ...

Art has evolved countless times over the last 2,000 years. But one period that has plenty of fascinating pieces was the Middle Ages. While this era spanned about 1,000 years, there were countless ...

It’s not uncommon for Medieval manuscripts to be bound in animal skins. The hides of deer and goats were used, as were those of boars. But a new analysis of 16 manuscripts held in a French abbey has ...

Medieval imagery wasn’t meant to be funny when it was made hundreds of years ago, but all over Instagram it has been remixed, captioned, and somehow reads as peak hilarious — depending on your sense ...

A new exhibition at The Met Cloisters makes the case that gender and sexual fluidity were an essential part of Medieval religious art. The Book of Marvels is the kind of show that’s hard to avoid at ...

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 ...

(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 ...