Such precious materials and meticulous craft testify to the richness of Sienese art during the first half of the 14th century ...

Fragrance and furniture come together in a poetic installation in collaboration with artist and architect Antoine Bouillot ...

Lorraine Pritchard trained in Florence to perfect her traditional techniques and has put her works on display in Edinburgh.

The fork’s journey from reviled symbol of moral decay to utilitarian instrument is a story of power, privilege, and ...

The recycled buildings of Rome, long dismissed by architects, are getting a reappraisal as a model for how to reduce waste ...

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Ancient Greece has traditionally been periodized into five eras: the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Archaic Age, Classical Age, and ...

Nancy T. de Grummond, director of excavations and archeological research at Cetamura del Chianti, examines an artifact with ...

From the 1200s to the 1700s, the custom of Christian tattooing was prevalent in Europe among peasants, seafarers, soldiers and artisans as much as among nuns and monks. They were getting crosses, ...

Imbuing his work with a volatile mix of tenderness, aggression, sophistication, and obscenity, the Roman poet left a record ...

“With manuscripts you really can get close to the big figures of the Middle Ages ... the Worcester Art Museum, in Massachusetts. Dating from about 1550, this expressive Italian-influenced ...