Medieval art was anything but simple – every detail had meaning. In this video, we dive into some of the most well-known medieval paintings to uncover the hidden symbolism woven into the imagery.

Do England’s medieval graffiti ... deeper pagan meanings to some of the drawings. A man wearing a crown, for instance, could be the straw king, an ancient fertility symbol in which a straw ...

Representing two planets, iron, copper and a couple of Olympian gods, the classical symbols for male and female pack a lot of meaning into ... Venus (Phosphorus): In medieval times, European ...

Adrift: A Medieval Wayward Folly is performed ... s audience reads text. The arcane symbols in Bosch’s paintings would have been rich in meaning to his contemporaries. Removed from their context ...

he became convinced that the markings had greater meaning. He has since combed through the facility, uncovering medieval graffiti, curses, and symbols etched into the hall’s structures.

Early Christians are said to have co-opted her festival's symbols and rituals — and even her name! But the only documentary evidence for this goddess exists in early medieval monk and scholar ...

But, as the #resistsister hashtag chosen by production house HULU to market the series suggests, the “modesty costume” – despite its intended function as a symbol of subservience – has ...