England

The Lamb before the Elders, Revelation 5: 8-10 The Great East Window of York Minster is the largest expanse of stained glass in England,...

York East Window, 1405-7, The Seventh Day of Creation Talk about biting off more than one can chew: the Great East Window of York Minster...

Triton, ridden by Poseidon, backgammon game piece, walrus ivory, Louvre Museum, Norway or Cologne origin, late 12th c. Mythical...

In my last post, I began the Herculean task of trying to give a general overview of demons in medieval art. I came away from writing...

I thought I'd finish out our year with something light-hearted and ravishingly beautiful. The West Window of Worcester Cathedral was...

One of the bittersweet realities for lovers of Romanesque art is that the majority of it exists in a state of decay and dislocation. ...

Medieval artists had a standard repertoire of scenes from the life of Jesus to reproduce in churches and personal religious items. ...

The use of lions in medieval religious and political art hews closely to the traditions inherited from around the Mediterranean. Lions...