The author argues that stories of saints and animals drew from a variety of sources, including scripture and classical literature, and also elements of folklore; they had clear spiritual meanings, ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login What can medieval sculptural representations ... thus opening a space between the sculptures' intended meanings and other meanings liable ...

Studies in Iconography (ISSN 0148-1029, e-ISSN 2693-8456) is an annual journal hosted by the Index of Medieval Art and published in partnership with Medieval Institute Publications. It presents ...

Medieval Europe’s diverse regional cultures were balanced by a conscious attempt to create a unified view of the world that embraced religious and social ideals, Latin and vernacular literature, and ...

In Native American culture, totem animals or spirit animals are spiritual symbols that protect and guide a person or their family or ... Native American totems and meanings and the positive ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

Native Americans in various Native American tribes, like other animals that inhabited their lands, deemed toads to have a ...

Each artwork shows animals interacting with their environment, but the latest work may be the "biggest clue yet" as to the meaning of the campaign, said Metro. The gorilla is painted in a way that ...

We’re not at a zoo - these are all animals that Banksy ... "may or may not" be more animal paintings to follow. This has left people to speculate about their meaning. Banksy's sixth artwork ...

What do animals know about death? It's a question Charles Darwin himself pondered. "Who can say what cows feel, when they surround and stare intently on a dying or dead companion?" the biologist ...

Banksy has posted artwork of three monkeys as the third piece in an animal-themed collection ... which has fuelled speculation online about their meaning. Some speculate that the goat perching ...