Notre-Dame Is Burning Down
The world has received the very sad news that Paris’s famous Notre-Dame cathedral is burning down. Sometime on April 15, 2019, during renovations...
Alexandra Kiely 15 April 2019
Medieval Art
The Complicated Meaning and Mysterious Origin of The Cloisters Cross
The Cloisters Cross is a beautiful English Romanesque walrus ivory cross, likely dating to the middle of the 12th century. From the moment it...
Alexandra Kiely 19 January 2019
Painting of the Week: Giotto di Bondone, Adoration of the Magi
January 6 in the Christian calendar is a day devoted to the Magi. According to the Bible, Three Wise Men from the East come to Bethlehem to visit...
Kate Wojtczak 6 January 2019
Let It Be: The Annunciation in Medieval and Renaissance Christian Art
Religious themes in art have prevailed throughout time. Whether it is Catholicism, Judaism, Islam, or Hinduism – being able to visually...
Rachel Witte 28 August 2018
Why Babies in Medieval Paintings Look Like Ugly Old Men
The reason is: at the time, philosophers thought that Christ was born like a “perfectly formed and unchanged” man, aka he came out...
Zuzanna Stańska 9 December 2017
