Western depictions of the Ottoman Empire range ... to the court of Mehmed II towards the end of the 15th Century. The sultan had asked the Doge of Venice for a sculptor and a bronze caster who ...

D.C., which specializes in Asian art and culture. Today, the jugs provide fascinating windows into an ancient culture. In the 16th century, a tea ritual arose around them. In homes, separate areas ...

Languages: English, Spanish Archaeologists have uncovered a pair of "sensational" ornately carved marble artifacts depicting cherubs that are thought to date to the 15th century. The marble pieces ...

Bosch’s vision of hell, first committed to canvas in the late-15th century, has come to be known by scholars and the public alike as the most famous scene of the underworld in Western art ...

But he is best known for a prolific output of popular and well-researched nonfiction books, each turning on heroic moments in the history of art ... were produced in 15th-century Europe, and ...

It was the 15th century, so it’s hard to know exactly ... Savonarola took power and started criticising, among other things, contemporary art. The art he rejected as heretical looked religious ...

However, some Western influences did slip through ... This way of depicting receding space had been common in European art since the 15th century but was unfamiliar to artists whose painterly ...