Searching for the remains of a plane shot down during the Second World War, researchers from the Thy Museum found in a field in the Danish town of Kallerup, northwest of Jutland, a two-sided bronze statuette with a helmet and horns, as well as a ritual axe. Both pieces date from the Nordic Bronze
Until the end of the 15e century, medieval illuminators used for the intensity of its purplish blue, a dye known as folium . Fallen into oblivion, access to medieval manuscripts has recently enabled Portuguese scientists to find traces of it and resuscitate its composition. An illuminated manuscri
The ravages of pandemics have also had an impact on art. Thus the Black Death gave birth to the 15e century to very codified performances, called Danses macabres. Appearing in France, they will become a recurring theme in European painting illustrating the egalitarian nature of death in the face of
he was King of Macedonia from 360 to 336 BC, famous for his military tactics and for initiating expansionism towards Asia that his son Alexander the Great will inherit and continue successfully, after the assassination committed by Pausanias in 336 BC. The main characteristic of King Philip II was