Towering castles, knights on horseback ... some of the costuming is based on medieval examples, they often use medieval art in the backgrounds of the sets — but it is a work of fantasy.” ...

"The snail-knight fight is an example of the world turned upside down, a broader phenomenon that produced a lot of different medieval images," says Marian Bleeke, a professor of medieval art at ...

Snails wielding swords and fighting off knights. Elephants that look like ... the purpose of marginalia has been long debated by medieval art historians. Some say they're satire, others say ...

Swarthout’s expertise. Swarthout is the researcher behind the popular art history-inspired social media account Weird Medieval Guys, which has attracted nearly 700,000 followers on X ...

The image of a medieval knight moving slowly and stiffly under ... is firmly fixed in people’s imagination. But, according to art historian Matthias Goll, much of this vision is a myth.

“Are you ready for a medieval rumble ... just outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the centuries of metal suits on display there. These knights are real rivals, clad head to toe ...