Renaissance

Ancient Greek, Roman, and Renaissance art and architecture gloriously unite in the McKim Building that houses the late financier John Pierpont Morgan’s library. In 1902, Morgan hired Charles F. McKim, ...

Like the paintings and sculptures of the Renaissance, the era’s books and their artisanal bindings uplifted man to ...

A young German couple have finally been reunited, after spending generations apart.  Ariane van Suchtelen, curator at the ...

An adorable lapdog looks out of a picture frame, as if we’ve interrupted him nibbling on some rather ...

The founding father of Renaissance architecture, Florentine architect Filippo Brunelleschi, crowned Florence’s skyline forever when he built the ...

St. Christopher stares directly at me, and in a heartbeat I feel what he feels—even my mouth mirrors ...

Beauty, goodness, and righteousness—the glory of God and our true human nature—can all be found in Raphael’s art. ...

One of the most important paintings of the Northern Renaissance hasn’t been quite itself for hundreds of years. ...

MISSISSAUGA, Canada—The Renaissance period may have come to an official close in the 17th century, but theatergoers felt ...

A woman in Paris has discovered a masterpiece painting in her kitchen from the Renaissance period done by great 13th-century ...

Everyone who enters the Scarpelli Mosaici workshop in Florence, Italy, is told the story of “commesso Fiorentino” or ...

LONDON—Once in a while, a painting moves me to such an extent that it takes my breath away. ...

Realist painter Tatyana Kulida is simply doing what she loves: creating art from real life and teaching traditional ...

FLORENCE, Italy—If your idea of silverware is mere platters and other flatware such as forks, knives, and spoons, ...

In 1805, Napoléon Bonaparte promised “triumphal arches” to his troops after they won the Battle of Austerlitz. The ...

FLORENCE, Italy—Wonder is what greets you at the workshop of artist Alessandro Dari, a childlike wonder that conjures ...

Meet musical instrument maker Alex Potter. Here, he shares how and why he researched and constructed the Renaissance ...

Take a peek at the world of the art market and it soon becomes obvious that it is dominated by ...

Several paintings from the Renaissance and the Middle Ages contain objects some say look a lot like flying ...

NEW YORK—"You need art to stay whole as a person,” said 22-year-old Jai Raphael, a rapper who performed ...

"The creatures look purely fantastic. They all look like they were just made up ... But, in fact, ...

The Art of Zhen Shan Ren is described as neo-renaissance and has associations with the European Renaissance of ...

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In a few short weeks, 15 North Italian masterpieces currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art ...

The Merrin Gallery specialises in antiquities from diverse cultures and had numerous rarities, some over 2,000 years old.

“It is a good thing to earn money, but even better is knowing how to spend it,” Giovanni ...