We celebrate the period as a golden age of cultural rebirth. But two new books argue that the Renaissance, as we imagine it, ...

For those who have followed Tom Vattakuzhy’s work—whether through his evocative early illustrations for literary magazines or ...

In a thoughtful nod to national heritage, the Croatian National Bank has begun issuing special €2 commemorative coins featuring designs borrowed from the now-retired kuna bank notes. The message is ...

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Antonio Solario’s Madonna and Child was stolen from the Civic Museum of Belluno, a town 62 miles north of Venice, in 1973.

Painters across the centuries have turned this most intimate of transgressions into art, inviting viewers to become voyeurs ...

Located in a secluded convent outside of Florence, the 600-year-old artwork was concealed behind layers of paint for most of its history ...

A notebook featuring Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man. Dilara Irem. Like the artist, the scientist is a lover of nature.

The Indian Ocean island nation is famed for its wildlife more than its culture—but now a new generation of Malagasy artists ...

A young lad dressed in a cap and pointed slippers sits hunched over a sheet of paper at work on a drawing. Beside him a dog is curled up fast asleep. This is the down-to-earth subject of a 15th ...

Renaissance Studies is a multi-disciplinary journal which publishes articles and editions of documents on all aspects of Renaissance history and culture. The articles range over the history, art, ...

Displays hosted feature rare Qur'anic manuscripts and artefacts LONDON  , July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A mission to track down Uzbekistan's lost cultural ...