Welcome to the first episode of our brand-new Italy series. Hidden in the heart of the Italian countryside lies a breathtaking Renaissance palace, once owned by a wealthy lawyer couple who used it as ...

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

Italian Embassy's Cultural Centre showcases Caravaggio's “Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy” in India, marking the first display of the master’s work in the country ...

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

The neighborhood is rapidly giving way to gentrification, taking a path far from its original roots as the home of warehouses, factories and a thriving garment district. Traces of its later ...

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

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

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 Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, is an oil painting of a Renaissance woman painted by Da Vinci in 16th century ...

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 monumental altarpiece by Fra Angelico, hailed as representing a critical turning point in Western art, has been returned ... of a major exhibition on the Italian painter, due to open at Florence ...