For decades, the story of art was simple: humans arrived, creativity followed. Cave paintings, symbolic markings, and ...

Here's how artists and designers have borrowed from the ancient civilization's rich visual vocabulary. A recreation of King Tutankhamun's death mask, on view at "Tutankhamun - His Tomb and his ...

What’s the deal with Leonardo’s harpsichord-viola? Why were Impressionists obsessed with the color purple? Art Bites brings you a surprising fact, lesser-known anecdote, or curious event from art ...

Introduction to the histories of art and the practice of art history. You will encounter a range of arts (including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints) and artistic practices from ...

Newfound rock art from ancient Egypt may shed light on the time just before the first dynasty. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An ...

The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and more. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Think of great art across history, and painters such as Picasso or Gauguin might spring to mind. But thousands of years before these modern masters put brush to canvas, artists all over the world were ...

Editor’s note: “Fair Ladies — Digital Representations of Ancient Chinese Women,” a Zhejiang Museum exhibition of more than 1,000 paintings from 32 museums across China, was held first online in 2021 ...

Rina Banerjee, “Native, migrant naturally” (2018) (left) and “Figure of a Man” (6th–7th century) from Japan, Ibaraki Prefecture, Tumulus period, earthenware with traces of pigment (right) (all photos ...

Art history is more than memorising dates and famous names; it requires understanding context, symbolism, technique, and ...