The Byzantine Empire (also known as Byzantium or the Eastern Roman Empire) was the eastern half of the Roman Empire that continued on after it collapsed. With its base at Constantinople (modern-day ...

Three early-sixteenth-century Italo-Cretan icons of the Virgin, the property of three Ethiopian churches dedicated to Mary, are presently held in great awe and are said to have been painted by the ...

Generations of creatives have looked back to ancient Egypt in their search for art and design inspiration—here are three ...

When I began exploring the history of Christianity and the art it inspired, I had no idea it would lead me to one of the ...