Art, as a mirror of society, evolves dynamically over time . Movements, or ldquo;isms rdquo;, influence one another through reactions, innovations, and reinterpretations .

The decorated filmmaker, along with co-directors Sarah Burns and David McMahon, open up about their new film "Leonardo da ...

And that’s just what you got in the 15th and 16th centuries when the advent of printing brought a dramatic ... than paintings – that we can only marvel that it took that long. The title of the ...

Yet, for head of prints and drawings Martin Clayton, who, here, selects 158 of them (including nine which are double-sided), Renaissance drawings were, with a few exceptions, “working tools”. Often, ...

Show at the King's Gallery features an 'enormous cache' of works by the likes of Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael ...

Monday, Nov. 18 and 19, 2024 from 8 - 10 p.m. / PBS app. This is a two-part, four-hour documentary directed by Ken Burns, ...

Rare frescoes dating back to the 17th century have been found by chance by an electrician working in Rome's Villa Farnesina. The Renaissance works were discovered a year ago behind a false ceiling ...

Director Brenna Corner brings a new production of Verdi’s classic, starring soprano Ewa Płonka and baritone Étienne Dupuis.

The celebrated documentarian co-directs this two-night extravaganza on PBS about the towering genius of the Renaissance.

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is restoring “The Night Watch,” a large oil painting by the 17th-century master. Visitors have ...

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

Rosy-cheeked cherubs surrounded by blues, reds and golds have lost none of their brilliance in 17th-century frescoes ...