Then, beginning in August of 2020, the Museum will present the first dedicated exhibition of the collection in North America, providing new insights into this medieval visual culture and displaying ...

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If you were to stack a copy of every romance novel set in the medieval world on top of one another, the pile would reach as high as the spires of the Cologne Cathedral. That’s to say the genre is a ...

To today’s audiences, medieval art can look outright bizarre. Before the stylistic shifts that defined the Renaissance, medieval illustrations often featured flat, unrealistic figures and fantastical ...

Despite the comforts of modern-day life, it's difficult not to daydream about getting swept off your feet by a gruesomely sullen knight. Between the rugged good looks, the lovelorn promises, and a ...

From Harry Potter to Game of Thrones, pop culture is saturated with medieval imagery. Now, a new exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum, “The Fantasy of the Middle Ages,” explores this connection by ...