The "Romance" of Alexander the Great is a unique illuminated manuscript on his life and was the most widely-read romance in the Middle Ages as it was translated into thirty languages.
The original version was composed in Ancient Greek sometime...
Scientists say they have helped solve a major mystery surrounding rock paintings at Kakapel, a celebrated rock art site in western Kenya. The study suggests the paintings were not made by a single group at a single time. Instead,...
Anyone who spends time wandering the halls of Greece’s many archaeological museums begins to notice a recurring detail: from the intense gaze of bronze charioteers to the serene marble faces of philosophers, most Ancient Greek statues feature elaborately curly...
El Greco, the Greek-born painter who became one of Spain’s most celebrated Renaissance artists, is at the center of a new AI study that challenges long-held ideas about how some of his major paintings were created.
The research, led by...
Walking through the windy streets of Toledo, a center of Castilian culture and a UNESCO World Heritage city in Spain, where the renowned painter El Greco lived and worked, visitors can admire the stunning Spanish Mudejar architecture, influenced by...
You may have walked through the antiquity wing of a museum and noticed a surprisingly consistent pattern. Almost all archaic Greek statues share the same pose, standing straight up like a board with their gaze fixed directly ahead and...
Pablo Picasso (October 25, 1881- April 8, 1973) was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, whose work was influenced by Greek light, spirit, and spiritual essence.
While he never traveled to Greece, Picasso frequently cited the...
The three main architectural styles used for temples and other formal public buildings in ancient Greece were the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian classical orders.
The three orders were first described by Roman architect and engineer Vitruvius, known for his multi-volume...
The recent Olympics controversy surrounding the Feast of the Gods and the Last Supper has renewed interest in divine dinners. These celestial suppers symbolize divine intervention, covenant-making, and the intertwining of gods with the mortals.
Despite their vast differences...
The Greek Geometric Period (1050-700 BC) is a lesser known era in history. However, it ushered ancient Greece from the Dark Age to the Classical Period.
It was a period when Greek society was transformed and the proto-urban society re-appeared....
A well-known Greek art dealer, accused of trafficking forgeries, stolen art, and looted antiquities, was arrested in Athens on Friday.
The "Greek FBI" (the Organized Crime Division) has arrested Giorgos Tsagarakis and one of his employees and dismantled an extensive...
A new investigation says Banksy's true identity has finally been uncovered after years of speculation, identifying the anonymous street artist as "Robin Gunningham" of Bristol and reporting that he later used the name David Jones to avoid detection.
The report,...
A 3,300-year-old Egyptian papyrus has revealed that ancient artists used a correction fluid similar to modern white-out, researchers said.
Curators at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge discovered while preparing objects for an exhibition. During close examination, they noticed unusual markings...
