The Renaissance is known for its great masterpieces, which shaped art history. Many artists created breathtaking works that are still admired today. Focused on capturing the individual essence of ...

If you’re a huge fan of Renaissance art, you should definitely take a trip to Florence, Naples or Rome. There are many ...

Vasari recorded the lives of artists and the contribution of the Medici, in a precursor of today's PR. Machiavelli, the Godfather of Realpolitik, wrote the first modern manual for leadership ...

In Laurent Binet’s new novel, Michelangelo and others grapple with the fallout from a scandalous painting. If you think ...

The artwork, believed to be the original work of Mantegna, was recently rediscovered in the Sanctuary of Pompeii.

From the 1300s to the present day, Chanticleer music director Tim Keeler has no shortage of material to draw from. Keeler and the Grammy-winning vocal ensemble will visit the Mahaiwe ...

The greatest art works of all time - born of war and bloodshed - as rival artists Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael compete to craft beauty from chaos. Starring Charles Dance.

Lavinia Fontana, who lived from 1552-1614, is seen as one of the very first women to make a career out of painting in Western art, and an outstanding representative of the Italian Renaissance ...

A provincial museum in northern France showed off a picture now attributed to one of the greatest women painters, Lavinia ...

As a result, the Renaissance art history classroom has emphasized the works and lives of Italian artists such as Giotto, Masaccio, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Raphael. This emphasis has led to a ...