Masterpiece Story: The Calumny of Apelles by Sandro Botticelli
Sandro Botticelli‘s final painting with a mythological subject is based on a lost painting by an ancient Greek painter Apelles. He ventured to...
Magda Michalska 4 October 2026
Ancient Art
Ajanta Caves—How a Tiger Hunt Led to One of India’s Greatest Art Treasures
Carved into a nearly 250-foot-wide (75 m) cliff in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India, the Ajanta Caves are renowned as among the finest...
Maya M. Tola 24 September 2026
Sex, Love, and Death in Ancient Peru: Erotic Gallery—Museo Larco
Hidden underground for hundreds of years, depictions of sex, love, and erotica in Andean pre-Columbian art are now proudly displayed in the Erotic...
Bruno Guerra 24 September 2026
Art and Ritual: Culture of the Enigmatic Moche People
The Moche were an ancient, Indigenous people of Andean Peru. They are considered to be one of the most influential civilizations of the ancient...
Marga Patterson 24 September 2026
All That Glitters: The Gold Jewelry of the Etruscans
The elusive Etruscans left behind a rich legacy of gold craftsmanship that was among the most advanced in the ancient Mediterranean world. While the...
Maya M. Tola 16 September 2026
All The Glitters: Gold of Nubia
The ancient African civilization of Nubia thrived along the banks of the Nile, encompassing present-day Sudan and southern Egypt. Nubia gained renown...
Maya M. Tola 16 September 2026
Turquoise: Art, Culture, and Myth of a Gemstone
The bright blue-green Turquoise has been valued and revered for centuries by all the cultures around the world that had access to it. Several...
Nadine Waldmann 16 September 2026
Medusa Jewelry That Had the Power to Petrify
Since ancient times, jewelry hasn’t only been a fashion detail or simple ornament, but a status symbol with a variety of meanings. On it, among...
Ana Djoric 16 September 2026
All That Glitters: Gold Jewelry in Ancient Egypt
Personal ornaments were favored by ancient Egyptians from the Predynastic to the late Roman periods, and most of them wore some type of jewelry. The...
Maya M. Tola 16 September 2026
Sculpting Serenity: Gandhara’s Indo-Greek Buddhist Art
The ancient region of Gandhara, the “Land of Fragrance,” played a vital role in developing Buddhist art and deepening its global...
Maya M. Tola 10 September 2026
Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun: Over 100 Years Later
The discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun was a landmark event in the study of history and archaeology that captivated the world. The life, death, and...
Maya M. Tola 7 September 2026
Contrapposto 101—It’s All in the Pose
If you are taking an introductory art history course in school this semester, you’ll soon be talking a lot about contrapposto. I remember hearing...
Alexandra Kiely 1 September 2026
