1140-1144. From the ambulatory and crypt of the church of the Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis, Saint Benedict Window. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters Collection, 1980. Public domain ...

So clearly it was learned early on in human history that art as personal adornment enhanced your status. Modern politicians use political techniques invented by rulers of old, but instead of paint ...

Fashion and visual art have always shared a deep, symbiotic relationship, inspiring and reshaping each other across centuries. From the grandeur of the Renaissance ... 19th and early 20th ...