The sprawling site is the resting place of Sheikh Ahmed Khattu, a well-known Sufi, who moved to Gujarat from Delhi at the turn of the 15th century ... Alka Patel, art historian at the University ...

TOKYO — The geishas glide with measured steps across a wooden stage, offering a glimpse of a long-misunderstood tradition that is becoming a rare sight in Japan. Dancing with paper fans and ...

tapping into the longstanding interest in orientalist aesthetics evident in the “Japonisme” of the late 19th century, when a fervor for Japanese art, furniture and artifacts swept Europe.

Class distinctions in childbirth during the Renaissance were recorded. In 15th-century Florence, women were married as teenagers and often had five to ten children, depending on whether she ...

Standing on opposite sides of a roughly 9-by-12-foot table in a work room at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific ... in “Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California.” ...

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The Imperial Ming PalaceThis 15th-century tempera on silk painting depicts the many palaces, pavilions, and courtyards of the Forbidden City. Fine Art/Album The key spaces within the Forbidden ...

From Art Deco, Art Nouveau and 20th Century Decoratif Arts Group. Image credits: Archeology and art What makes archaeology even more fascinating is how multidisciplinary it truly is. It draws from ...