On the reverse were three etched symbols: a line, an X and another line. Von Petzinger, a palaeoanthropologist from the University of Victoria in Canada, is spearheading an unusual study of cave art.

This aura around a holy figure's head expresses their glory or divinity and can be seen in art across the world. There are many variants, including rayed haloes (like that on the Statue of Liberty ...

This Navajo rug is for sale by Leonard Brown. It has whirling logs on it and an appraiser said it was from 1910. The symbol all but disappeared from Navajo artists’ wares after the 1930s, making ...

At the very beginning of the “Symbol Sourcebook: An Authoritative Guide to International Graphic Symbols” (1972), the book’s author and one of the era’s most accomplished industrial ...

One takeaway that artist Francesca Pastine has discovered in using issues of Artforum in her work: Others are just as apt to use those issues to their own ends. That much was clear when the San ...

The 13th-century French manuscript "Romance of the Pear" contains an early depiction of the heart as a symbol of love. Allegorical image from the Roman de la poire. Image courtesy of Bibliothèque ...

For some William & Mary professors, research consists of sitting at a desk poring over academic papers or sitting in a lab conducting science experiments. But as Professor of Dance Joan Gavaler shows ...

The heartbreak emoji is a near-universal symbol, but it hasn't always been that way. So how else was heartbreak depicted in art, and where did our modern version come from?

The BYU Museum of Art's new art exhibit,'Of Souls and Sacraments: Symbol and Context in Christian Art,' will be on display until July 13, 2024.

Artists in the south of France have long admired the hum of cicadas, and shops today even sell cicada-themed souvenirs. This is how the noisy bug became a celebrated symbol in the region.