Century Christian Fresco Covered by Islamic 'Altar Tent' Discovered, May Have Been a Trophy Seized From Battle Islam and ...

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Archaeologists have put together a funding bid to restore rare medieval wall paintings in a church in a North Yorkshire town.

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One of the most beautiful castles in Europe and likely the most recognizable in the world, Neuschwanstein served as the ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art devotes an enthralling exhibition to the German Romantic painter, who rendered the natural ...

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Alan Hollinghurst has a well-earned reputation as one of the great stylistic writers of our time. If this praise sounds overly exuberant, consider the beguiling opening paragraph from a prior novel, ...

Created around 1503, the painting—which just sold at auction for $3.1 million—depicts the saint after the crucifixion of ...