“This seal was most likely worn as an amulet,” says Stephen Little, lead exhibition curator and the museum’s curator of ...

This Far Side comic may still make readers laugh, but it took hours to get right, with Gary Larson remembering it as "my long ...

1810–1750 BCE) as “shepherd of the people, whose deeds are pleasing to the goddess Ishtar.” Centuries of sentimentality ... traces the career of the good shepherd motif through pottery, funerary art, ...

where art and architecture reached new heights of sophistication. The ziggurats of Sumer, the Ishtar Gate of Babylon, and the ...

As the fertility goddess, Ishtar was often associated with eggs, which were seen as a symbol of new life and rebirth. In ancient times, people would decorate eggs in honour of Ishtar and give them ...

By Graham Bowley and Tom Mashberg Sotheby’s opened a new salesroom and international collectors are arriving for the inaugural Art Basel Paris fair. But visiting is one thing; buying is another.

As the fertility goddess, Ishtar was often associated with eggs, which were seen as a symbol of new life and rebirth. In ancient times, people would decorate eggs in honour of Ishtar and give them ...

The College of Art and Design is RIT’s creative hub where art, design, and technology intersect. From centuries-old and contemporary methods of producing fine art to the latest in digital media, we ...

Traumatized people who have difficulty explaining their feelings in words often work with an art therapist, who can help them express and process their emotions in a visual way. Art therapy is a ...

The Roma Burlesque Festival returns to the Capital. From October 10 to 13, four days dedicated to an art form that, between provocation and dance, satire and theater, has survived for over ...

Aside from the Minotaur situation, Freya actively stepped in during Bell’s confrontation with the Apollo familia and the Ishtar familia, albeit in different ways. During the war game against the ...

The Smithsonian’s museums display objects from our collections that span the breadth of art and design from the ancient to the modern-day, from the whimsical to the practical. Along with our ...