Recent conservation of the CMA’s Italian Baroque painting Danaë by Orazio Gentileschi (1563–1639) has revealed a more vibrant and refin

This display celebrates the recent conservation of two monumental rubbings from the Buddhist caves of Longmen in central China. They were sh

Gold and silver reliquaries, jeweled crosses, liturgical garments, and illuminated manuscripts are among the rare treasures kept in the Cath

Due to its remarkable malleability and durability, gold has been widely used in artifacts for the wealthy and for royalty since the fifth mi

Rinpa is a style of Japanese art focused on abstracted natural motifs and allusions to classical literature. Coined in the early 1900s, Rinp

Moralizing fables involving animal characters traversed the Indo-Iranian world for centuries. At times, they were written down and collected

Like many Chicago artists in the first years of the 20th century, Gustave Baumann discovered the beauty of rural Brown County in Indiana. Wh

The mola is a key component of traditional dress among the Indigenous Guna (formerly Kuna) women of Panamá. Guna women have been sewing mol