Medieval women’s artistic and literary work “has been open to challenges and questions, since we rarely have signed images or identifiable ‘named’ female artists,” said Fiona Griffiths ...

Medieval women’s artistic and literary work “has been open to challenges and questions, since we rarely have signed images or identifiable ‘named’ female artists,” said Fiona Griffiths, a historian of ...

Analysis of fossilized dental tartar of a medieval woman buried in a German monastery revealed specks of blue to be lapis lazuli -- a luxurious pigment used to create gorgeous illuminated manuscripts.

Women saints are fissures in medieval art, cracking the paradigm that power is pale, male, and stale. As tyranny surges in 2020, imagery of these holy ladies might offer more than first expected.

“It’s so rare to find material evidence of women’s artistic and literary work in the Middle Ages.” "B78," as the anonymous skeleton is identified, was 45 to 60 years old when she died.

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 ...

Scientists examining the remains of a medieval woman discovered blue flecks in the tartar of her teeth, casting a new light on the role of women and art in Europe at the time.

Medieval women’s artistic and literary work “has been open to challenges and questions, since we rarely have signed images or identifiable ‘named’ female artists,” said Fiona Griffiths ...

WASHINGTON - About 1,000 years ago, a woman in Germany died and was buried in an unmarked grave in a church cemetery. No record of her life survived, and no historian had reason to wonder who she was.

WASHINGTON (AP) — About 1,000 years ago, a woman in Germany died and was buried in an unmarked grave in a church cemetery. No record of her life survived, and no historian had reason to wonder ...

Washington • About 1,000 years ago, a woman in Germany died and was buried in an unmarked grave in a church cemetery. No record of her life survived, and no historian had reason to wonder who ...

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