(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 ...
A careless moment in a 15th-century workshop involving one curious cat walking across freshly inked parchment has turned into ...
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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some depictions from the Middle Ages already raise questions. However, when you look at animal drawings, you often find that they ...
I associate many cities with paintings that live in them. Long before I moved here in 2006, mention of Washington, D.C. often brought to mind Jan van Eyck’s “Annunciation.” This 3-foot-tall panel was ...
Animals with human eyes, elephants with dog snouts, and beavers with fish tails–were medieval artists simply bad at painting? Not at all. There’s more to these quirky creatures than meets the eye.