Hear ye, hear ye: Medieval art that inspired ‘Game of Thrones’ and more at the Getty Frontispiece, title page (1893). Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris for the Kelmscott Press Woodcut ...

“The Wyvern Collection not only provides outstanding examples of art from the Medieval and early Renaissance era—in addition to select masterworks from antiquity and later periods—but also puts those ...

Gruesome graves and petrifying paintings - the medieval art of death Many examples of this weird and wonderful artwork can be seen in churches and cathedrals across the UK. Comments.

Reliquaries are a great example of this divide between medieval intentions and modern appreciation. To the people of the Middle Ages, the material contained inside a reliquary far outweighed the ...

For a comprehensive study of these warring gastropods, the art historian Lilian Randall counted 70 examples, in 29 different books – most of which were printed in the two decades between 1290 ...

One prayer book circa 1450, for example, is echoed in Eyvind Earle’s concept art for Disney’s Sleeping Beauty (1959). The best of Artnet News in your inbox. Sign up for our daily newsletter.

Pop Culture Meet the Woman Behind ‘Weird Medieval Guys,’ the Internet Hit Mining Odd Art From the Middle Ages. Olivia Swarthout's new book unearths all that's weird and wonderful about this ...

This video explains why knights in medieval art fought snails. ... (you can peruse a few colorful, snail-filled examples courtesy of Yale’s library and the British Library).

Many of the dragons we find in pop culture — in the popular television series Game of Thrones, for example — are based on medieval interpretations. What about those human-looking eyes? That ...