Ancient Egyptians were the earliest known tapestry designers, weaving in linen for burial ceremonies between 1483 and 1411 ...

Art historians attribute their design either to a single ... A somewhat troubling episode in the history of the tapestries was caused by Poland’s King Jan III Kazimierz. After he abdicated in 1668, he ...

Her work integrates contemporary labor strikes into the visual language of social realism, asserting that these efforts are ...

Artist and teacher Gerald “Jerry” Winter had an eye for detail – in his art and in his teaching. A professor of art on the ...

Well, because the Bayeux Tapestry, an astonishingly long and beautifully made work of art, chronicles the 1066 Battle of Hastings. The approximately 230-foot-long tapestry is displayed in a dark ...

The Bayeux Tapestry is regarded as a historical document because ... a world very different from our own and to ask questions about how language, art, architecture, history, military strategy, and ...

A brief overview of the Bayeux Tapestry, which is actually an embroidery sewn by English craftsmen. The clip highlights its purpose, history and function. Several sections are shown in more detail ...