Reliquaries are a great example of this divide between medieval intentions and modern appreciation. To the people of the Middle Ages, the material contained inside a reliquary far outweighed the ...

“These types of images in Western art since the medieval period have served to ... “We need rituals to guide us, to navigate the dark times, to make sense of living—not with a view that ...

Meanwhile, red bronze and garnets signify blood and pain, which came to symbolize strength and courage in Medieval times. Elsewhere ... a fresh reading of the art of the Middle Ages, through ...

Christians in medieval Europe admired Islamic art without fully realising it." While it is well known that Islamic textiles were present in late medieval European churches, surviving fragments are ...