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Europe’s tumultuous 20th century spawned a kaleidoscope of cutting-edge art. From Spain to Hungary, Glasgow to Oslo, we seek out all that’s wild, colorful, surreal, and just plain fun.
Escape the crowds this summer by exploring Europe’s hidden gems—from the artsy city of Linz, Austria, to the medieval time ...
The origins of the Gothic aesthetic trace back to 12th-century Europe with the rise of Gothic architecture. Structures like ...
The Art Institute of Chicago announced Monday that it is returning a 12th-century sculpture to Nepal. The museum said it learned that the sculpture, "Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King ...
This 14th century French artwork, now in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, gives some idea of what the complete 12th century masterpiece might have looked like (Supplied) Your support helps us ...
Europe built more in the 19th century than in all previous centuries combined. But all this had a downside -- an increasingly machine-like pace of life. Artists, with their free spirits, pushed back.
A 12th century Nepali sculpture that had regularly been on display at the Art Institute of Chicago is being returned to its native country — after new research found that the object had ...
The Art Institute of Chicago announced on Monday that it is returning sculpture after new research found that the object had been stolen. 12th-century 'Buddha Sheltered by Serpent King' returns to ...
For 40 years, a 12th-century walrus-ivory carving on loan to the V&A in London has captured the imagination of museum visitors. The name of its maker is lost in time, but the craftsmanship of the ...
According to Dannenfelt, a variety of 11th- and 12th-century translators incorrectly identified mumia as a substance exuded from preserved bodies in Egyptian tombs. ( How Egyptians made mummies in ...