When looking at medieval art, it is important to recognize that the objects in a modern exhibition are taken out of their original context. Unlike much of the art produced in the intervening centuries ...
The paintings are in oil paint, not fresco, and Guerry’s colleagues Paul Binski, an emeritus professor of the history of Medieval art at Cambridge University, and Lucy Wrapson, the senior ...
He teaches a comparably broad array of courses, from the survey of ancient and medieval art to specialized investigations of Roman, eastern and western medieval, and Islamic art and architecture. His ...
In the Middle Ages, as today, visual art offered an avenue to explore, affirm, and sometimes challenge social roles and relationships. Medieval people defined themselves and their neighbors through ...