One of the curators' interests is how symbols functioned in Vermeer's art to communicate religious ideas. "They helped in presenting his paintings as a kind of virtuous example." More like this ...

Abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock's drip paintings may not be entirely abstract. According to new research from UC San ...

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Editor’s Note: Untold Art History investigates lesser-known ... But Laurencin’s inclusion of enigmatic symbolism and intimate gestures — and near-complete exclusion of men in her work ...

Art historians have generally dismissed the ... She argued that the importance of Jung’s archetypal symbolism “has not been sufficiently explored, nor has it even received proper credit ...

57 sec.) Buddhist thangka paintings are visually captivating and impressive — but there is more to them than meets the eye. Thangkas often focus on a specific deity and scene, and their form and ...

Stone Age people living in Europe 20,000 years ago may have devised a simple form of writing to record the habits of the animals they hunted, according to a study of mysterious symbols on ...

Based in the US since moving in 2015 to study painting, the former graphic designer uses long, flowing hair as a symbol in her metaphor-laden works. Her surreal, dreamlike portraits of women ...