The Louvre’s restoration of La Maestà has shed new light on the painter’s techniques and influences, while a new exhibition ...

For centuries, the Italian painter Cimabue has been overshadowed by his more famous pupil Giotto, who—with his attention to ...

From India’s original inhabitants, the Mauryans, to the British, who came as traders but stayed to reshape its history, this is a land that absorbed everyone, even those who tried to dominate it. From ...

Soft, classical tunes filled the evening air at the open court of the Mamluk-era Al-Amir Taz palace ... at of the grand opening of the Coptic Art Revealed exhibition, celebrating the centennial ...

The Musée du Louvre is devoting an exhibition to the Mamluk Sultanate, entitled "Mamlouks, 1250-1517", from April 30 to July ...

That means that visitors from all around the globe can walk across the world's largest hand-woven rug, gaze up at one of the world's largest chandeliers and admire the fusion of Fatimid ...

[Read more] Art in the street: illustrated posters on ... du Louvre The Musée du Louvre is devoting an exhibition to the Mamluk Sultanate, entitled "Mamlouks, 1250-1517", from April 30 to July ...

AMMAN — Watermills were in use in Jordan until 1970s and these structures date from the Ayyubid (1171‒1260) and Mamluk period (1260‒1516). These watermills were operating as bread mills until quite ...

The art critics of The Times select their favorites, from the biography of a “famously unknown” artist to an ode to the Louvre from 100 poets. By Holland Cotter Jason Farago and Walker Mimms ...

By Travis Diehl The 45-year-old architect had mostly designed temporary structures before becoming the first woman to design a wing at the country’s largest art museum. By Robin Pogrebin ...

Souq Al-Selah (Arms Market) Street is narrow, only 220 metres long, and lies in the heart of Islamic Cairo, which flourished from the Mamluk era until the Ottoman era. The street was named after ...