In later life, painting steadily until his death in 1768, Canaletto essayed fanciful variations on his theme with almost surreal capriccios, whose brooding ruins bespoke the ancient grandeur that ...

Hidden mysteries in ancient Egyptian paintings from the Theban Necropolis observed by in-situ XRF mapping. PLOS ONE , 2023; 18 (7): e0287647 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287647 Cite This Page : ...

Ancient discoveries can come about in unconventional ways. In one recent case, art historian Adam Busiakiewicz noticed a portrait in the back of a social media post that he knew was unique.

Other ancient paintings were found in the same region, researchers said. The Kimberley region is renowned for its rich rock art galleries, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. said .

A team of researchers recently studied paintings in the Theban Necropolis near the Nile River using X-ray fluorescence imaging and discovered never-before-seen details of the painting process ...

This artist is painstakingly recreating mysterious ancient rock art – before it’s lost By Jack Bantock and Sean Coppack, CNN 7 min read ...

Since the 1950s, scholars have documented more than 240 cave art sites on Sulawesi, but for decades, these paintings were assumed to be no older than about 12,000 years.

Ancient cave decorations can be breathtaking to behold, but new research claims the artists may have been starved of oxygen when they were painting. CNN values your feedback 1.

Dec. 11 (UPI) --Artistic expression is a vital part of the human story, and it's a story that began at least 44,000 years ago. The discovery of an ancient cave painting on the Indonesian island of ...

Ancient cave paintings found in a remote part of Borneo may date back 40,000 years, making them at least as old as famous cave art in Spain and France.