Does this Romanian church's medieval wall painting depict a UFO-style flying ... object could just be the artist's representation of heaven. Casting doubt on the theory it could show the first ...

When looking at medieval art, it is important to recognize that the objects in a modern exhibition are taken out of their original context. Unlike much of the art produced in the intervening centuries ...

In the art world ... as “Queen of Heaven.” Jesus is represented in many ways, some of which do not even involve the human form. Indeed, several animals are used in medieval iconography ...

professor of art history, and Diane Christian, professor of English, have been trolling images and texts for cultural explications of hell, heaven and the in-betweens. With some glee, they divulge ...

The work is one of several that Forgeng uses to teach visitors about religious subjects depicted in medieval ... art as well, where students are drawn to the Virgin's beauty and role as Queen of ...

The art historian George Henderson noted ... it was given to Luther as a present. Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe is at the British Museum, London WC1 (020 ...

The compositions feel perfectly balanced, the colour exquisitely pretty: subtle contrasts of lilac-inflected greys and salmon pink in the Annunciation, one of the most popular medieval paintings ...

Officials in France are blocking the export of a remarkably rare medieval painting that was auctioned off after being discovered hanging in an elderly French woman's kitchen. The 10-inch panel ...