The white alabaster figures draped in cloaks show their grief in different ways: from a bent head, the face shrouded by a hood, to a hand swathed in cloth reaching up to wipe a tear. The nearly 40 ...

Sculpture in wood, stone, and precious metals from West and Central Africa; Painting, wood sculpture, and metalwork from the Christian community of Ethiopia, dating from the medieval period into the ...

Since a donor in 2019 lent the Museum 100 objects from the extensive Wyvern Collection, one of the most important private collections in the world, particularly of medieval art, the Museum has ...

Swarthout is the researcher behind the popular art history-inspired social media account Weird Medieval Guys, which has attracted nearly 700,000 followers on X, formerly Twitter, since she began ...

For nearly 12 years, T. Julian Baksik has spent his days designing high-tech fuel alternatives for the auto industry -- and his nights turning discarded copper wire and scrapped chunks of steel ...

Visions of ancient times come into focus in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new exhibit, “Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven.” ...

Alabaster sculptures at the Cleveland Museum of Art show the luscious, luminous properties of a material popular in the Middle Ages.

The dental calculus on the lower jaw where a medieval woman entrapped lapis lazuli pigment, seen below center tooth. The semi-precious stone was highly prized at the time for its vivid color and ...

MANKATO — A repaired medieval knight has returned to his sculpture pedestal in downtown Mankato. Loyalty was heavily damaged in early February. Both of the sculpture's metal legs were bent to a ...

“It was a home for the art, but also to have the art sunk into the very fabric of the building,” said museum director Brian Henderson. Glencairn Museum Director Brian Henderson stands before a display ...