It is easy to minimize the importance of symbols in culture. Art tends to focus on existential symbolism, leap-frogging over the ways in which we interpret symbols constantly, in the form of letters, ...

Because the eagle flies so high in the sky, it's considered the "king of the skies" and a messenger to the highest gods. Because eagles live and fly so incredibly high in the sky, it's rare to see one ...

The ibex is far from a humble mountain goat—it’s one of history’s most enduring artistic symbols. So prolific is its presence in prehistoric art, in fact, that a new study suggests the animal held ...

In late 19th century Paris an artistic movement to explore the mystical, from incubi to chimeras and femininity to saints as well as an assortment of mythological creatures was on the rise. What first ...

It is a symbol imprinted in our collective psyche - the statue of a blindfolded woman holding a set of scales in one hand and a sword in the other. For centuries, this statue of Lady Justice has stood ...