When you consider abstract art, your mind likely conjures images of works by Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Piet Mondrian: bold shapes, swaths of vibrant colors and innovative techniques. However, ...
Eyvind Earle (American, 1916-2000), "Concept Art" (1958), from Sleeping Beauty (Walt Disney Productions), gouache on board, 9 1/4 × 21 3/4 inches, Hilbert Collection (© Disney Enterprises, Inc., ...
Art of Europe’s “Age of Faith”: Romanesque, Gothic, Byzantine, Moorish, and even Viking. After Rome fell, Europe spent a thousand years in its Middle Ages. Its art shows how the light of civilization ...
When looking at medieval art, it is important to recognize that the objects in a modern exhibition are taken out of their original context. Unlike much of the art produced in the intervening centuries ...
“As you know,” wrote Boston’s late, fictional George Apley (J. P. Marquand’s The Late George Apley) to his son John, “for a number of years I have been making a collection of Chinese bronzes. . . . I ...
Europe spent 1000 years in its Middle Ages after Rome fell and rebounded Around A.D. 1000. After Rome fell, Europe spent a thousand years in its Middle Ages. Its art shows how the light of ...
Anyone who has peered over the soft vellum pages of an illuminated manuscript will have marveled over its intricate and colorful designs, which range from stylized floral borders to decorated initials ...
Unknown artist, A Salamander; France (formerly Flanders); (circa 1270 CE); tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 7 1/2 × 5 5/8 in.; Ms. Ludwig XV 3, fol. 95v; A Franco-Flemish ...
Roundabouts Now, a new Kingston exhibition space helmed by gallerists Craig Monteith and Alta Buden, opened on March 15, 2025, with an eclectic exhibition featuring artists from the Hudson Valley and ...
[Exhibited under heading: "Water Colors, Drawings, &c."] [Indexer has assumed medium to be watercolor unless otherwise specified.] Catalogue of Paintings, Drawings, Statuary, etc. of the Art ...
The idea of tourism is a relatively new one. In the medieval period, no one traveled for fun. In fact, most people never ventured further than twenty miles from their hometown. If they did, it was ...
Last month, my wife Mary and I walked through the chapter house of the 12th-century Notre-Dame-de-Pontaut monastery. From there we made our way to the Saint-Guilhem Cloister arcade, which also dates ...