It is easy to minimize the importance of symbols in culture. Art tends to focus on existential symbolism, leap-frogging over the ways in which we interpret symbols constantly, in the form of letters, ...

The symbolism is more than just decoration.

TERESE TSE Bartholomew, a curator at the Asian Art Museum for 38 years, has been searching for hidden meanings in Chinese art for much of her life. “When I look at a piece of art or an object, I want ...

Animals have a longstanding relationship with the fine and decorative arts. From claw-footed Chippendale furniture to William Wegman's photographs of Weimaranars, animals have attracted and encouraged ...

PORTSMOUTH — The New Hampshire Art Association is pleased to announce that Dr. Andrew Laurie Stangel, Professor of Art History at the UNH, will be giving an illustrated lecture on some of the major ...

In late 19th century Paris an artistic movement to explore the mystical, from incubi to chimeras and femininity to saints as well as an assortment of mythological creatures was on the rise. What first ...

“Witchcraft” offers a deep dive into the many facets of a centuries-old tradition in the Western world, weaving more than 400 classic and contemporary artworks with essays and interviews by what ...

Is Michelangelo’s David the new Pepe the Frog? For months, posters featuring heroic black-and-white close-ups of classical sculpture, including the David, have been popping up at college campuses ...

Symbols play a very important role in our lives. Some symbols have deeper spiritual meaning and significance which can either ...

Gerald Holtom's rarely exhibited original sketches for the peace symbol will go on view this March at the Imperial War Museum in London. Peace sign badges (courtesy ...