The history of art is full of pieces inspired by religion. This makes sense of course, since religion was an integral part of ...

This is the down-to-earth subject of a 15th-century sketch by an unidentified Florentine ... Raphael, that famous lover, was one of only a handful of Renaissance artists to draw from the nude female ...

Since May this year, the aurora borealis (northern lights), has at times been visible further south than usual over Britain, ...

A London exhibition shows how the three painters circled one another as rivals and role models in 16th-century Florence.

VALLETTA, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- An award ceremony for the 15th China Cultural Center art competition, themed "a carnival float portraying Maltese and Chinese cultures," took place on Thursday at the ...

This fall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents the first major exhibition in the United States focusing on early Sienese ...

The Renaissance was one of the most dynamic periods in the history of European art and culture, producing remarkable developments in painting, architecture, sculpture, music, philosophy and science.

UCL Urban Room curator Dr Kara Blackmore is co-curating Africa’s most prestigious art event. Image: Dakar, Senegal and Sonia E. Barrett 'Maplective' exhibition in the Urban Room The 15 th Dakar ...

Your support makes all the difference. Scurvy is an easily treatable disease of the past first discovered in sailors during the Renaissance era. Today it may be mistaken for other conditions like ...

Image courtesy: BMJ Case Reports Scurvy may not be a disease you might have heard of in the 21st century. Yet, about 300 years after naval surgeon James Lind discovered citrus juice as a remedy for ...