Grotesque A grotesque (from the Latin word grotto: hollow or cave) is a Roman ornamentation of many complicated scrolls around a central figure(s) or object(s). During the Renaissance, these grotesques were often used as engravings...
Guild A guild is an organization of members working in the same trade. These trade organizations were very powerful from medieval times until about 1800 when Napoleon Bonaparte dismantled them in...
Medieval Jewelry The Crown of Princess Blanche. c 1370-80. The ‘Middle Ages’ is a term that has been used to classify the period of European history which starts after the crumbling of the (Western) Roman Empire and ends at the start of the Renaissance. As...
Nicolo Egyptian Nicolo Intaglio, Second Century AD.The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Nicolo is a cameo or intaglio that is carved in onyx in such a way that the image displays a translucent bluish/grey color. This thin top layer of design lays atop a thicker layer of...
