Artists and storytellers tend to refer to a person or idea as their muse. But who were the original Muses, the Greek ...

What’s the deal with Leonardo’s harpsichord-viola? Why were Impressionists obsessed with the color purple? Art Bites brings you a surprising fact, lesser-known anecdote, or curious event from art ...

Greek statues: from stiff Archaic to balanced Golden Age to jump-off-the-stage Hellenism We trace the steady evolution of Greek art through its statues: from stiff Archaic to balanced Golden Age to ...

The discus throw event has been included in every modern Olympics since its inaugural 1896 edition held in Athens (where Robert Garrett representing the United States won the gold medal), and can be ...

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 ...

Understanding ancient mythology is essential to truly comprehending all forms of classical art. Whether it be painting, sculpture, literature or drama; all analytical, intellectual and emotional roads ...

One of the first sights we see in "Costume Art," the new fashion exhibit to be launched at Monday's Met Gala, is a glittering ...

Introduction to the histories of art and the practice of art history. You will encounter a range of arts (including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints) and artistic practices from ...

Funerary Bust of a Man, Roman (2nd century CE), limestone, 19 7/8 inches x 15 9/16 inches x 6 5/8 inches (image courtesy the San Antonio Museum of Art) When I’m standing in front of a masterpiece, I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TanjalaGica/iStock The world's most glorious monument to fakery, outshining even Las Vegas and the Disney archipelago, is Knossos, ...