Snails wielding swords and fighting off knights. Elephants that look like oversized golden retrievers. Dogs with uncanny proportions and hauntingly human eyes. Cats wearing clothes and playing ...

“A lot of the art being made (in the Medieval era ... this 587-image compendium of the Medieval animal kingdom (both real and fabled) is a must. The beastiary includes entries on 100 different ...

To today’s audiences, medieval art can look outright bizarre ... “People might ask why they couldn’t draw animals right or why certain things look weird, but I think that’s a reductive ...

As for memefied Medieval animals, Grollemond said she’s delighted ... Unlike many in the art world, we are not beholden to large corporations or billionaires. Our journalism is funded by readers ...

Swarthout herself is drawn to the surfeit of animal depictions in Medieval art, particularly the many examples of hedgehogs carrying fruit on their spines. “Stuff like that,” she said ...

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 ...