The Byzantine Empire in the 7th century was wrecked by military strife. The empire was halved, with its richest territories ...

University of Toronto Press and the British Library today announced co-publication of a new art history book, The Art of the ...

What could be better than curling up with a new book? Curling up with a new art book, of course. From weighty tomes delving into the iconic Surrealist manifestos to a raucous jaunt through a New ...

In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the publication of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Return of the King," the third book in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Medieval & Renaissance Studies will be ...

Delia Langenhoven recommends: The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson. This book was an easy and fun read. A man wakes up in a clearing with no memory of ...

When the extraordinary legend of Saint Mary was first translated into Old English from Latin by an unknown author just over a millennium ago, it became the medieval equivalent of a blockbuster ...

Elizabeth Wincott Heckett, a retired archaeologist, dedicated her professional life to the study of this subject; the book presents nearly ... was widely used in the medieval and post-medieval ...

More than a century after its medieval centre served as the backdrop of Nosferatu, a new Oscar-nominated remake is putting this Gothic city back on the map. I gasp. A gaunt vampire with menacing ...

Art has always been a battleground. In a moment when the arts are under siege—state-sanctioned censorship, gutted funding, and anti-DEI mandates threatening to erase marginalized voices—Black ...

Pixel art is a staple of the industry, going back to the NES era. For more than a decade, this visual style defined the gaming industry, with Nintendo and Sega's early consoles making great use of ...