In late 19th century Paris an artistic movement to explore the mystical, from incubi to chimeras and femininity to saints as well as an assortment of mythological creatures was on the rise. What first ...

The pine tree is a symbol of endurance and resilience in Japanese art, as it stays green throughout the seasons. It ...

AT the Friday evening discourse delivered at the Royal Institution on November 17, the audience had the unusual, but instructive, experience of hearing, in Sir Herbert Baker's account of “Symbolism in ...

LEOMINSTER — Spend a fall evening at the Leominster Public Library taking a virtual tour chronicling the art, history, and symbolism of New England burial grounds with a trio of cemetery historians ...

From prehistoric rock art to Beyoncé's pregnancy photographs, symbolism and art are a key aspect of human behavior and have been since the very beginning—but how it evolved has so far mystified ...

ACUSHNET — For many local history lovers, there’s nothing more enjoyable than walking around an old burial ground on a pleasant spring or summer day, looking for clues about the lives and times of the ...

Is color just a physiological reaction, a sensation resulting from different wave lengths of light on receptors in our eyes? Does color have an effect on our feelings? The phenomenon of color is ...

Curator Hend Al-Mansour asks the artists of Art Is... Awakening about the symbolism Curator Hend Al-Mansour asks the artists of Art Is... Awakening about the symbolism in their work.