Like their 15th-century counterparts, contemporary artists continue to enjoy the patronage of the church. Like their 15th-century ... about the creative genius of the Italian Renaissance.

A young lad dressed in a cap and pointed slippers sits hunched over a sheet of paper at work on a drawing. Beside him a dog is curled up fast asleep. This is the down-to-earth subject of a 15th ...

The works depict religious scenes from the lives of Jesus, Mary and various saints and significantly expand Getty’s medieval ...

The museum's showcase of Siena artists aims to reshape the way we think of the Italian Renaissance. Price Database. ... When it comes to the Renaissance, 15th-century artists of nearby Florence ...

If you go to Italy, or to the Italian Renaissance galleries of an art museum, ... enabling many of the original and beautiful works of art created in the 15th and 16th centuries.

The Italian Renaissance did indeed produce Renaissance men—architect-goldsmiths, sculptor-painters, statesmen-patrons and the like—but they were only part of the story. From the perfecting of ...

But in 15th- and 16th-century Europe, portraits were often obscured behind curtains, affixed to folding diptychs, and slid behind mirrors where, hidden from everyday sight, they could be savored ...

A 15th-century painting -- a Renaissance altar piece that turned up in a church storage closet here 50 years ago -- was escorted back to St. James Cathedral yesterday with song and pageantry after ...