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 ...

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 ...

Currently on display at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art in Atlanta, the exhibit "Harmonia Rosales: Master Narrative" entwines West African religion and art techniques of the Renaissance period.

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 ...

Harmonia Rosales’ Renaissance. ... I want them more relatable,” Rosales said of the actors in her dramatic paintings. “I want them to look like they come from where the religion comes from.