Renaissance

An exploration of true beauty, and its connection to virtue and self-refinement.

A true Renaissance woman, Préity Üpala is a thought leader, media entrepreneur, and political analyst. At a time ...

Of very great advantage to architecture, in truth, was the new method of Filippo Brunelleschi, who imitated and ...

Near the territory of Prato, which is ten miles distant from Florence, in a village called Savignano, was ...

Across the country, there are some fascinating spring exhibitions that highlight great European art and craftsmanship—from the Renaissance ...

CHICAGO—When it first opened in 1993 at the Goodman Studio Theatre, the show was spectacular, and now—almost three ...

A drawing by one of the most famous German artists in history turned up in Massachusetts and is ...

Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land; —Christina Rossetti, poet, from ...

New York's finest treasures, including five centuries of European Masterpieces, are now on display in Queensland, Australia in ...

Some believe that our age of specialization has brought an end to the Renaissance man. In medicine, law, ...

A tarot card comes to life. Masculine and feminine energies meet. A clown-like character laughs as a flurry ...

Ancient Greek, Roman, and Renaissance art and architecture gloriously unite in the McKim Building that houses the late ...

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 ...