10 Gorgeous French Churches (That Aren’t Notre-Dame de Paris)
Do you still remember the Notre-Dame de Paris? It suffered a horrible fire in April 2019. Notre-Dame is by far France’s most famous church, but it...
Alexandra Kiely 28 March 2024
Do you still remember the Notre-Dame de Paris? It suffered a horrible fire in April 2019. Notre-Dame is by far France’s most famous church, but it...
Alexandra Kiely 28 March 2024
From the ancient period through the 18th century, European Catholics and Orthodox Christians displayed and maintained bones of the deceased to honor...
Julia Bourbois 28 March 2024
She is an enigma, an ancient, foggy artist from northern Spain in the Middle Ages. We learn nothing about Ende’s identity, life, or whether she...
Wen Gu 26 March 2024
The Merode Altarpiece is one of the most famous works by Robert Campin and his workshop. It serves as a link between the medieval tradition and...
Alexandra Kiely 21 March 2024
This is the largest Gothic altarpiece in the world and a national treasure of Poland. Carved over a period of 12 years, the 15th century Veit Stoss...
Candy Bedworth 21 March 2024
Throughout art history, Jesus has been depicted in all his states, from life to death, not to mention the resurrection. The works that represent him...
Christopher Michaut 21 March 2024
Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald is a polyptych about pain and passion. It’s a complex piece consisting of several parts and sections,...
Magda Michalska 21 March 2024
Come with us to visit the Van Eyck brothers, their monumental Ghent Altarpiece, and explore 500 years of intrigue, theft and revolutionary painting techniques.
Candy Bedworth 21 March 2024
In May 1610, Caravaggio completed The Martyrdom of St Ursula. Two months later, he was dead. We investigate the story behind his last commission,...
Catriona Miller 17 March 2024
Djanira da Motta e Silva pictured a very unusual Holy Trinity made of three deities from the Afro-Brazilian Pantheon. They are accompanied by...
Alicja Gluszek 17 March 2024
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, better known as Donatello, was a sculptor born around 1386 in Florence, which is also the city in which he died in...
Soledad Castillo Jara 17 March 2024
To the south of Egypt is the mysterious land of Nubia. It has a complex history due to the different states and religions that have occupied the...
James W Singer 17 March 2024