For over 600 years carpets from Turkey and Iran have been used in Catholic ceremony and religious paintings by artists, including Andrea del Verrochio, to indicate a carefully defined, sacred space ...

A show argues that the Jewish tale was interpreted as a symbol of liberation from Spanish rule in 17th-century Dutch society.

The beautiful work of art, through a delicate process of weaving and embroidery, became a royal symbol and was only ... such as the Safavid art of Persia and Arabesques. (Image Credits: Pinterest ...

WASHINGTON _ Despite recent efforts to remove or rename Confederate memorials, there are still more than 2,000 symbols in places across the country, according to a report released Thursday.

Until last week, it stood as a symbol of this city’s rapid urbanization despite a four-year civil war. When the earthquake ravaged Myanmar, five stories of the condominium slid underground.

Thousands of Confederate symbols are standing in public spaces around the nation despite ongoing efforts to have them removed or renamed. More than 2,000 Confederate symbols, including 685 ...

Pope Francis’ papacy was born in a spirit of humility. In death he made sure to project the same quality. The signs of this down-to-earth approach to the papacy were immediate, starting with ...

Multiple Reddit threads (across multiple subreddits) have popped up over the last 24 hours with photos of a piece of Danzig merchandise that features the “Black Sun” symbol (otherwise known as ...

Clothing labels typically feature these instructions. However, in order to keep these labels small, manufacturers use a series of symbols to convey how to wash, dry and iron each item. The problem ...

At that LA show, Danzig sold merch that sure appears to feature the Black Sun, a symbol used by Nazis and neo-Nazi groups. The Black Sun, or Sonnenrad, is a wheel of SS logos once employed by ...