A rare early masterpiece by the Renaissance painter Fra Angelico has been acquired by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England ...

The Ashmolean Museum of the University of Oxford has raised £4.5 million to save an early Renaissance painting by Fra ...

In 1504, three huge figures of the Renaissance era found themselves in Florence, then a city in turmoil. A fascinating new ...

“The Royal Collection holds an astonishing array of Italian Renaissance drawings ... as well as “rare examples of drawings ...

A remarkable early crucifixion scene by one of the great masters of the Italian Renaissance, Fra Angelico, has been saved for the British nation after the Ashmolean museum in Oxford raised £4.48m to ...

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

There are around 2,000 Renaissance drawings in the Royal Collection ... 1517–18 Credit: Royal Collection Trust These examples were both by Leonardo, who stands out for the fertile makeup ...

Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—how one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could help ...

Florence, Italy, attracts millions of visitors each year and is well known for its art – art museums and galleries hou ...

Over tick-a-box sightseeing while you travel? Here are 15 places where chilling out is nothing to feel guilty about.

Playful drawings by Samuel Fores using 19th-century aquatints to create Arcimboldo-esque composite portraitures of ...

The work by Bernardino Campi, a late Renaissance Italian artist ... tools of the trade that were never intended as works of art in their own right. Artists used poor-quality paper that often ...