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Four Minds on Herzog: A Conversation with Anne Woollett

Arpad Kovacs and Anne Martens | January 29, 2014

The deep appeal of the imagined landscape.

Ancient Myth, Contemporary Politics

Alexandria Sivak | January 27, 2014

Jacques-Louis David made Greco-Roman myths directly relevant to the contemporary public, as this sly drawing shows.

Getty Voices: Aztec Idols, Explorers, and Egyptomania

Peter Bonfitto | January 13, 2014

How did a 19th century scholar misidentify an Aztec sculpture as Egyptian?

A Medieval Soap Opera

Elizabeth Morrison and Bryan Keene | January 7, 2014

Falling in love in the Middle Ages was more of a roller-coaster ride than today’s soap operas.

The Miracles at Canterbury

Cheryl Preston | December 26, 2013

Born from Thomas Becket’s martyrdom on December 29, 1170, the stained glass in Trinity Chapel at Canterbury Cathedral reveals some of the most fascinating tales of the miraculous.

Bigger Than Ourselves: Episcopal Priest Dr. Gwynne Guibord on Finding the Sacred through Art

Annelisa Stephan | December 11, 2013

“All space, all beings, and all creation is sacred—but we don’t walk through life seeing it that way. Art offers a transition, helping us leave behind the secular world and move into a sacred place.”