In the art world, we are used to seeing the same representations ... This article will provide you with an introduction to medieval iconography. Iconography is a science that focuses on the ...

Titled Medieval Money, Merchants and Morality (until 10 March), the show turns works of art, manuscripts and other objects into a prism to examine the economic revolution that took place in ...

Earthly disaster of any kind in fact amplified demand in the market for small religious ... to see why he was in demand. Many art historians regard the late-medieval artist as the first great ...

It's a new world record for a medieval painting sold at auction ... "When a unique work of a painter as rare as Cimabue comes to market, you have to be ready for surprises".

Medieval wall paintings considered the finest of their type surviving from late 13th-century France, with close style links to the court of Henry III, have been revealed in all their multi ...

Officials in France are blocking the export of a remarkably rare medieval painting that was auctioned off after being discovered hanging in an elderly French woman's kitchen. The 10-inch panel ...

A dynamic physical comedian, Olmstead Thomas takes up space; her demon breaks out of the medieval painting and engages the audience in three dimensions. Shadow puppets, marionettes, and painted ...

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 ...

But one French woman discovered a long-lost painting her home country considers a national treasure. The medieval work in question was unearthed in the French town of Compiègne. The homeowner ...