For only the third time this century, a painting by renowned Renaissance great Raphael is coming to auction. It is of Mary ...

Dozens of drawings Michelangelo made while planning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel will go on view at the Muscarelle ...

WEAVING IS HUMAN’ at Museo delle Civiltà, Rome recontextualises the museum collection’s often fraught history along the lines ...

A mural commissioned in 1503 for the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence has been the subject of controversy and debate for more than ...

Venerated in his lifetime, Saint Francis did not have to wait long for a monument to be erected in his honor. A basilica in ...

Something The Mona Lisa, David, and The School of Athens all have in common is they represent a way of thinking that was ...

Dan and Becky Okrent spent seven years on the Met Project, a labor of love that took them from ancient Sumer to Synchronism.

Originally rooted in three centers (Naples; the Provence, France; and Southern Germany and Austria), nativity sets have spread all over ... seems to have rediscovered this form of popular religious ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Q: Where do the many Nativity motifs--Cave, Ox and Ass, and many more--come from? A: Have you ever seen a representation of the Nativity with two ladies giving ...

Credit: Cimabue, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5 One of the most intriguing cultural exchanges in European history is the significant impact of Byzantine art on the Italian Renaissance and the evolution ...

THE ANNUAL RENAISSANCE FAIR WILL BE BACK IN MELBOURNE THIS WEEKEND, BUT IN A NEW SPOT. A MONTH LONG EVENT WILL NOW BE AT CASTLE PARK ON NEW YORK AVENUE, NOT WICKHAM PARK. WESH 2 NEWS MEGAN ...

It is best known for its American Renaissance magazine and website. “In fact, blacks and Hispanics are, compared to whites, far more likely to be poor, illiterate, on welfare, or in jail; they are far ...