The modern medieval castle in Bryn Athyn has closed for renovations until 2023. So it sent its prized 12th-century stained glass to the Philly Art Museum. The ceiling of the Greal Hall at Glencairn ...

Scientists identified an 11th-century astrolabe with Arabic inscriptions and Hebrew writings, highlighting a period when Muslims ruled in present-day Spain and scholarship and idea-sharing flourished.

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When he first saw "The Last Supper and the Agony in the Garden" at the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts, Jeffrey Forgeng was puzzled by the choreography of the circa-1300, Central Italian fresco, ...

Three big ‘PST Art: Art and Science Collide’ exhibitions include marvelous objects, but only one show is satisfying. The Getty Museum’s exhilarating ‘Lumen: The Art and Science of Light’ surveys ...

Archaeologists undertaking preliminary excavations beneath the Courtauld Gallery at the Somerset House in London have discovered a centuries-old cesspit filled with a trove of medieval artifacts—and ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a "spectacular" gold ring from the medieval period that features an image of Christ. The artifact is among roughly 30,000 objects unearthed during excavations in the city ...

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 ...

Inaugural Robert L. and Judith T. Winston Director, McMullen Museum of Art Professor Netzer teaches courses on European medieval art of the first millennium and the history and philosophy of museums ...