Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some depictions from the Middle Ages already raise questions. However, when you look at animal drawings, you often find that they ...

Medieval artists didn’t always have access to real animals — and it shows. Lions look like dogs, elephants look like monsters ...

In the castle located just off Route 100, animals rule the kingdom. Medieval Times may be known for its knights who joust and duel in the show, but those behind the scenes say it’s the horses and ...

Over the summer, two representatives from the Department of Art History and Art traveled to a conference in Canterbury, England. Graduate students Laura Rybicki and Cecily Hughes Laura Rybicki, an MA ...

Unknown artist, A Salamander; France (formerly Flanders); (circa 1270 CE); tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 7 1/2 × 5 5/8 in.; Ms. Ludwig XV 3, fol. 95v; A Franco-Flemish ...

The Middle Ages aren’t just about heroic knights and epic battles. If there’s one thing that never fails to boost our mood, it’s medieval art! It’s colorful, creative, quirky, and goofy, and it ...

Christians in medieval Europe appear to have inadvertently influenced the evolution of modern chickens to boost traits relating to their egg-laying abilities and how friendly they are. In a new study ...

Animals with human eyes, elephants with dog snouts, and beavers with fish tails–were medieval artists simply bad at painting? Not at all. There’s more to these quirky creatures than meets the eye.