A new exhibition at Buckingham Palace features over 150 Renaissance drawings by masters like Raphael, Michelangelo, and ...

Featuring Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo and others, a show at the King’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace highlights the period’s works on paper—which, though frequently preparatory, stand as ...

Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the ...

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 ...

Interestingly, the artist painted the piece after his return from Italy, where not only did he get to know Italian Renaissance art, but he also became convinced about the necessity of painting ...

Explore the captivating world of chiaroscuro, from Renaissance paintings to modern films, creating depth and emotion through ...

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.

Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

An arboreal archaeologist roots around the Italian countryside and in centuries-old frescoes for a cornucopia of fruits long forgotten—but still viable to grow and consume ...