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 ...

A study of painting, sculpture, and architecture in the major artistic centers of Italy (Florence, Rome, Venice, Milan and the Northern Courts) during the 15th and 16th centuries. In addition to ...

PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo The painting, "Rest on the Flight into Egypt," by Italian Renaissance artist Titian could fetch almost $32 million when it goes to auction in July The artwork was ...

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

Sandro Botticelli was an Italian early Renaissance painter. Some of his most famous works include The Birth of Venus, ...

Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—how one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could help combat a growing agricultural crisis A selection of the bounty from ...

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

The Mona Lisa hasn't always been a huge tourist attraction. It turns out the most famous painting in the world owes its ...