For thousands of years, cats have lived alongside humans — revered in ancient temples, painted in Renaissance art, and now curled up on countless modern sofas. While the companionship of these ...

In addition to the bull, which is about 5 feet wide, they dated red- and purple-colored hand stencils and cave paintings of human scenes. After large animal drawings and stencils, "It seems the ...

During the Renaissance, a period of artistic and intellectual awakening, painters developed innovative techniques that revolutionised the art world. These methods, driven by a desire to depict the ...

Say “Piero di Cosimo” (1462-1522) and we envision agile, muscular figures, both human and fantastic, enacting arcane mythological scenes, usually involving animals.

In the history of painting — and the history of ideas concerning Renaissance painting — there stands out a certain parallel: one between figure and proprioception. This parallel is the topic of the ...

Art World Archaeologists Have Discovered an Extraordinary New Style of Aboriginal Rock Art That Honors the Human-Animal Bond. Archaeologists have dubbed these depictions of humans and animals ...