During the Renaissance, a period of artistic and intellectual awakening, painters developed innovative techniques that ...

The Renaissance wasn’t just a period of rebirth—it was a full-blown creative revolution. Artists were no longer just painting to please the Church; they were experimenting, observing, and trying to ...

Catherine was likewise the inspiration for Maria Grazia Chiuri’s spring 2023 Dior collection, which included dramatic structured skirts suggesting the exaggerated proportions of Renaissance ...

These romantic classical art memes prove that romance has always been a mess—full of longing looks, dramatic sighs, and men ...

How to Use Renaissance Paintings to Improve the Farming of Tomorrow An arboreal archaeologist roots around the Italian countryside and in centuries-old frescoes for a cornucopia of fruits long ...

After the meteoric rise of their namesake mendicant orders in the 13th and 14th centuries, Dominican and Franciscan friars began to demand new forms from devotional art. This prompted a dramatic ...

Rick Steves' Europe. Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Florentine Renaissance. Season 12 Episode 1207 | 28m 3s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Florence’s bold “rebirth” is powered by the ...

In painting, Germany's Renaissance master was Albrecht Durer. He traveled to Italy and brought home Italy's embrace of realism, humanism, and respect for artists as cultural leaders of the day.

In the album art shoot for her new album "Renaissance," Beyoncé wears a slew of stylish outfits from Schiaparelli, Mugler and Alaïa.

Some of the greatest pop culture moments of 2023 also happen to fit right into one of our cultural moment’s favored memes: “That looks like a Renaissance painting!” We can compare today’s ...