(CNN) — So you want to live like you’re from the Middle Ages? Well, maybe that’s not a common aspiration, but nevertheless, it’s a subject that’s become Olivia M. Swarthout’s expertise. Swarthout is ...

His abstract art has been criticised and praised in equal measure for its haphazard use of paint. But new research has found Jackson Pollock's drip painting may have more in common with the stylised ...

The Middle Ages aren’t just about heroic knights and epic battles. If there’s one thing that never fails to boost our mood, it’s medieval art! It’s colorful, creative, quirky, and goofy, and it ...

Lily Stockman is a time traveler of the imagination: medieval Bruges, Trecento Siena, the gem markets of Jaipur, India, coastal Maine, 19th-century New England Shakers, and Los Angeles all flicker up ...

Animals with human eyes, elephants with dog snouts, and beavers with fish tails–were medieval artists just bad at painting?

Sometimes guessing what an artwork of a past era actually means can leave you pretty clueless. After all, there’s no way you could ever relate to them, right? Wrong. A Twitter account, named Medieval ...

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