A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars ...

This year’s “Black Futures in Art” exhibit focuses on separation and connection, while examining why divisions exist, how ...

Christians in medieval Europe admired Islamic art without fully realising it ... centuries to represent a canopy placed over the high altar. The artist transformed the apse into a tent comprising ...