How patrons of the arts became plutocrats aboard yachts. I n the early 1500s, an unknown wealthy patron is said to have ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...

An arboreal archaeologist roots around the Italian countryside and in centuries-old frescoes for a cornucopia of fruits long forgotten—but still viable to grow and consume ...

At a cathedral in York, England, expert stonemasons are combining cutting-edge technology with ancient technique to bring ...

Veteran artist Cappy Thompson, a master of art techniques like enamel-painted and wheel-engraved glass, has a new show this ...

Unearthed at Huqoq, the artifact may represent the missing link between 1,300-year-old Merovingian rings and popular medieval ...

The newly uncovered painting depicts a motif that was popular in the late Middle Ages. In the artwork, the Archangel Gabriel ...

A 715-year-old English castle with a history as rich as its architecture has just hit the market for the first time in its ...

The woven art tells the story of the conquest of England ... the one famously depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry,” study author ...