It seems like humans always need to know who or what is the best in any category. Renaissance people were no different. A ...

While inspecting a sumptuous villa in Rome, an electrician stumbled across long lost works by the Baroque painter Carlo ...

The Italian Renaissance is, perhaps the most famous period in history. In Caprarola, there is building that embodies all that ...

With its implication that the young woman isn’t as chaste as she should be, the marriage-prospect-derailing portrait triggers ducal panic and the deployment of the city-state’s best investigative ...

Vittorio Faustini showcases Caravaggio's "Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy" in India, marking the first display of the master’s work in the country.

The Sistine Chapel restoration brought new beauty and wonder to a Renaissance classic. It also brought a chorus of howling ...

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depth and volume that make her paintings feel very third-dimensional and erect. Razavi mixes tenderness and violence in tableaux infused with Baroque and Renaissance extravagance. In Laundry (2024 ...

(The National Gallery/PA) The bed will be in the area that connects the Sainsbury Wing, which has generally housed early Renaissance paintings, with the rest of the gallery. The winner will also ...

(The National Gallery/PA) The bed will be in the area that connects the Sainsbury Wing, which has generally housed early Renaissance paintings, with the rest of the gallery. The winner will also enjoy ...