When the Cincinnati Art Museum’s East Asian art curator Hou-mei Sung questioned the authenticity of a decorative tassel on an ancient horse sculpture, she turned to the University of Cincinnati ...

A 1,300-year-old sculpture of a dancing horse — a precious relic of China’s Tang dynasty — captured an ancient tradition of trained horses performing for emperors.

On horses in art, see Sidney David Markman, The Horse in Greek Art (New York: Biblo and Tannen, 1969). Harold B. Barclay, The Role of the Horse in Man's Culture (London: J.A. Allen, 1980): 57. Robert ...

A horse is a horse unless it’s ancient Greek, of course. In that case, it’s a work of art emblazoned on pottery about 2,500 years ago — but still fresh enough to show a sense of humor. On ...

‘The Horse in Ancient Greek Art’ Review: An Ode to the Noble Steed. An equestrian trail though the complex world of Ancient Greek pottery, where the animal held high cultural significance. By .

An engaging and meticulously rendered image of a man attired in jaunty riding apparel and sitting atop a horse is on display at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The […] ...

This undated photo provided by the Greek Culture Ministry on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, shows an 8th Century B.C. figurine of a horse from the so-called Geometric period of ancient Greek art that ...

During the late Paleolithic era, as far back as 30,000 years ago or more, ancient artists chose wild horses as their muse: Horses are the most commonly depicted animal in Eurasian cave art.

Ancient cave paintings that seemed to depict make-believe white-spotted horses might have been drawn from real life, scientists now find. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit ...

Scientists have found evidence that leopard-spotted horses roamed Europe 25,000 years ago alongside humans. Until now, studies had only recovered the DNA of black and brown coloured coats from ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek Culture Ministry said Wednesday it would seek the repatriation from New York of a 2,700-year-old bronze horse statuette which it says was illegally exported ...