But by this point we have seen so many striking pieces – fresher and livelier than paintings – that we can only marvel that it took that long. The title of the exhibition is Drawing the Italian ...

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 ...

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

John Currin's art blends satire, hyperrealism, and classical techniques, drawing from varied sources to create a dialogue between the unusual and the beautiful. His work merges elements of Old Master ...

“However, applying modern data to the Renaissance period is not entirely accurate, as the average life expectancy then was ...

The painting is part of a series of frescoes that cover the walls and ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.

Focusing on the centuries when Italy led Western art and literature, i.e. the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, it adopts a cross ... arts and music; history) Characteristics and objectives This ...

Renaissance paintings, medieval archives ... represent a key to restoring Italy’s disappearing fruit agriculture, with characteristics not found in today’s apples: Crunchy and tart, they ...

HUNTERSVILLE, NC – A very special weekend is approaching at the Renaissance Festival. The Celtic Music weekend kicks off on Saturday, November 2nd. Special guest musicians Magnus & Maggie join ...