Art At the Freer Gallery, a refreshing look at rule-breaking Zen monks ‘Mind Over Matter: Zen in Medieval Japan’ conveys an unapologetically irreverent spirit ...

But “Zen, Tea and Chinese Art in Medieval Japan” is not about China. Although the majority of the ceramic objects in the show are Chinese, they point toward future Japanese variations.

If we dismiss the significance of the Middle Ages, we miss a lot. It is time for us to open our eyes, and minds. Richard Swan is a medievalist by training and a writer and teacher by profession.

Not coincidentally, the Enlightenment is the movement that cemented the idea of the Middle Ages as a distinctive—and distinctly regrettable—period of European history, spanning roughly the 5th ...

The scientist in the remarkable painting “An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump” (1768)—which is now the focus of an exhibition, “Science and the Sublime: A Masterpiece by Joseph Wright ...

French Medieval wall paintings hidden for more than 500 years in the Angers cathedral have been digitally restored, according to the Hamilton Kerr Institute Bulletin. The late 13th century ...