For more than 900 years, between the fifth century and the Renaissance, Romans didn’t cap their buildings with domes. Why?

We take for granted the Titians and Botticellis that hang in galleries across the United States, little aware of the appetites and inclinations of those who acquired them.

Architecture in the age of AI—argues professor Nayef Al-Rodhan—should embed philosophical inquiry in its transdisciplinary toolkit.

The cult of relics dates back to the second and third centuries, when Christian martyrs were often killed in ways that fragmented the body.

There’s a specific term for these irregular pearls: “baroque,” from the Portuguese barroco.

Why did Pope Stephen VI go to such great lengths to destroy an enemy who was already dead?

The inaccuracy of medieval lions may have been a stylistic preference, particularly in a bestiary, or compendium of beasts.