This spectacular work of medieval art imagines Christ's side as a vulva—and is now on view at the Met Cloisters, ...

Medieval paintings were packed with meaning that modern viewers often miss. Colors, hand gestures, objects, and placement all conveyed specific messages. These works taught religious lessons to ...

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 ...

Lily Stockman is a time traveler of the imagination: medieval Bruges, Trecento Siena, the gem markets of Jaipur, India, coastal Maine, 19th-century New England Shakers, and Los Angeles all flicker up ...

Art is always open to interpretation. You can spend hours poring over a piece and always find something different every time you see it. Paintings, altar pieces and frescos by genius’ such as Da Vinci ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some depictions from the Middle Ages already raise questions. However, when you look at animal drawings, you often find that they ...

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 ...

Call it art history meets HBO. Towering castles, knights on horseback, wizards in flowing robes and long-necked, roaring dragons fill the Getty Center’s galleries this summer. A new exhibition plumbs ...