Far from a “dark age,” the medieval era was a time of explosive academic inquiry, and scholars of both science and religion ...

The sprawling California festival “PST Art” promises a dialogue between “two cultures.” But painting and physics may have ...

The main value of a Fine art piece is that it is above the ordinary, it is simply beautiful and at times, unexplainable. Well, applied arts are practically all around us. From the table on which ...

A significant cache of gold coins has been discovered by archaeologists in Bulgaria. This treasure trove of gold coins dates ...

These torture devices from the Middle Ages will make you glad you live in modern times. Picture a dark, dank cell. The dripping of water. The skittering of rats. And the tortured moans of the people ...

The Spanish Donkey, also called the “chevalet” or simply the “wooden horse,” was one of the cruelest of the medieval torture devices ... to their ankles to slowly weigh them down. Other times, the ...

Medieval art is colorful, creative, quirky, stylized, and goofy. The results are often incredibly bizarre but undeniably ...

Deposits in the Deccan were mined on a smaller scale before then, mainly by medieval rulers ... the crocodile shield from Panama, and gilded Art Deco panels from a luxury French ocean liner ...

PST’s topics will include medieval European astrology ... Holland Cotter is the co-chief art critic and a senior writer for the Culture section of The Times, where he has been on staff since ...

Archaeologists in Bulgaria have discovered a medieval house that contained even older gold coins, which date to the reign of the Byzantine emperor Justinian the Great. Archaeologists in Bulgaria ...

A special exhibition is open at Bury Art Museum showcasing the wide range of artistic talent in the area. Running throughout September, the exhibition celebrates Bury Art Society’s 75th anniversary. A ...

Wandering the streets of Zürich allows you to marvel at an extraordinary range of public art. It starts in the Middle Ages, with carved drinking fountains; continues with 19th- and 20th-century ...