The Walsh Gallery will present the first such exhibit of James Welling's work in any American museum, the university said.

What’s in a name? And what is the power of that name to communicate artistry and prestige? Since antiquity, names have had the power to generate relationships, tying us to people, to places, and also ...

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Though the term “strike” was coined in 1768, the history of work stoppages is much older and artists have been involved from the start. The “Turin Strike Papyrus” (1187–1157 BCE), cyperus fiber, ink, ...

Early Christian art often depicts Jesus performing miracles while holding a short staff, a detail that has puzzled modern viewers. Far from presenting Christ as a magician, scholars argue that the ...

Egyptologist and paleography expert Elizabeth Bettles analyzes hieroglyphs painted on the walls of tombs in the Theban necropolis. By identifying different “handwriting” techniques — distinct shapes, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Hidden details of ancient Egyptian paintings from around 3,000 years ...

Prehistoric cave paintings; Egyptian pyramids and temples; classical Greek statues. As the Ice Age glaciers melted, European civilization was born—and with it, so was art. From the Stone Age came ...

Following more than a decade of research and conservation, Sarasota, Florida’s Ringling Museum of Art will now display more than 200 works from its collection of ancient art for the first time. If you ...

In Plato’s “Gorgias” (ca. 380 B.C.), Callicles, a young Sophist, predicts that if Socrates does not learn to argue, he will be unable to defend himself in court. Rhetoric, Callicles’ teacher Gorgias ...