We often talk about the Italian Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance as two separate and distinct movements in art history, since the Renaissance began in Italy before spreading out into ...

When it comes to the Renaissance greats, Raphael surely needs no introduction. His huge impact on the course of Western art ...

Thematically, most art portrayed biblical narratives ... Florence, the seat of the Italian Renaissance, first grew as a wool-producing city involved in a network of Mediterranean and Indian ...

The name Raphael was rare when when Social Security’s yearly name lists started. Now, there is renaissance of this Renaissance artist’s name.

For centuries, Italian furniture has been the height of luxury, sophistication, and impeccable craftsmanship. Admired for its ...

Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—how one Italian scientist is uncovering ... and Etruscan and Roman ruins than for its art. But the painters of Renaissance Italy ...

a specialist in Italian Renaissance art. "Spend time with the masterpieces, examine them closely and come back again." "The Uffizi Gallery during White Night Festival." Courtesy of Flickr user ...

The Germans didn't give reasons for their conclusion. Victor Coonin, a professor of Italian Renaissance art at Rhodes College, offered one: It doesn't have that Michelangelo je ne sais quoi.

As the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance, Florence continues to enchant visitors with its sun-kissed piazzas, fresco-filled chapels, and crimson Chianti wines. In Italy’s cultural capital, art, ...

The 16th century Renaissance-era painting was taken from ... ‘Madonna and Child’ has been on Interpol’s stolen art database ever since the incident, despite it being known that the painting ...