CLEVELAND, Ohio – Things really haven’t changed that much since the Middle Ages, have they? We’ve got plenty to fear in the 21st century, just like the artists and illuminators who created the ...

The Department of Art History and Art will host a lecture in conjunction with the Cleveland Museum of Art’s exhibition “Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens. Wonders.” Sherry Lindquist and Asa Simon ...

As the Cleveland Museum of Art’s director of interpretation, Jennifer DePrizio often is tasked with working with curators and scholars on artifacts with the simple idea of establishing how, say, ...

St. Anthony and tormenting demons, Yates Thompson 49, f.34v (courtesy The British Library Board) Beyond the borders of maps, where the limits of exploration fell to imagination, medieval artists and ...

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When modern readers look at medieval maps, the instinct is to smile at the sea creatures and assume cartographers were just ...

While monsters today tend to play a one-dimensional role in our culture (such as the fantastically spooky or as antagonists in works of fiction), they were ubiquitous and multifunctional in the Middle ...

Davenport, Iowa (October 10, 2013) – Another new exhibition will be opening at the Figge Art Museum. This Saturday, just in time for Halloween, the Figge is pleased to welcome Medieval Monsters to the ...

The mandrake is a small, perennial plant that grows in warm Mediterranean climates. Its flowers are a pretty shade of purple, but its roots can be deadly. Pluck a mandrake from the soil and you’ll ...

WASHINGTON – The iconic sea serpents, mermaids and other mythical creatures found on world maps from medieval and Renaissance times splash to life on the pages of a new book. Chet Van Duzer's "Sea ...