Medieval Europe was filled with bronze horses, rich mosaics, and magnificent churches. While Rome fell in the West, it lived on through the Middle Ages in the East as the Byzantine Empire. Its capital ...
Shimmering mosaics. Liturgical vestments. Classical sculpture. Elaborate jewelry. Comprising 63 works, “Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium From Greek Collections” is a modestly sized exhibition at the ...
(The Conversation) — Fierce debates about visual depictions of the sacred have existed for centuries. An art historian explains the controversies in the Byzantine Empire over images of Christ. (The ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Picasso, Monet and Byzantium are coming to the Cleveland Museum of Art in 2024. New descriptions of upcoming exhibitions appeared quietly on the museum’s website over the past week, ...
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), is unveiling an ambitious transformation in the George D. and Margo Behrakis Wing for Art of the Ancient World: five reimagined ...
On each side of the large central disc are seven gold coins called "solidi" and one gold "tremissis," which was worth ...
Every so often, a visitor at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City questions the accuracy of an exhibit, but Helen Evans, one of the museum's curators, says not all of them are right.
Recently I was enchanted by the puzzle game Gorogoa, the debut effort of a single designer and illustrator, Jason Roberts. Released late this month after seven years of development, the game features ...