In the Middle Ages, art was the advertising of the day ... even bishops -- can end up in Hell. You were reminded that one day your sins would be accounted for, as if written on a ledger.

Paul Getty Museum’s latest exhibition, “Heaven, Hell and Dying Well: Images of Death in the Middle Ages.” With paintings, drawings, parchment illustrations and works on stained glass ...

In the Middle Ages European artists ... often depicted the devil in paintings of the Last Judgment. In them, a ravenous Satan is seated in the center of hell as he gleefully chomps on the souls ...

Bosch’s vision of hell, first committed to canvas in the late-15th century, has come to be known by scholars and the public alike as the most famous scene of the underworld in Western art ...

In the Middle Ages scholars followed ... the blood of Jesus Christ and the ‘Fires of Hell’ alike. Blue represented the Virgin Mary in both Church and art. To the early Christians, black ...

Vox spoke to Matthew Averett, an art history professor at Creighton University, to find out why this trend toward intentionally old-looking babies abounded during the Middle Ages—and what ...

The Middle Ages wasn't as violent as we often think it ... writes that medievals "always oscillate between the fear of hell and the most naive joy, between cruelty and tenderness, between harsh ...

Now, a new exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum, “The Fantasy of the Middle Ages,” explores this connection by juxtaposing medieval art with the modern creations it inspired. “I think the ...