A woman tripped over and hit a 16th-century painting by Italian Renaissance artist Moretto on show at Brescia's Santa Giulia ...

While visiting a museum in Brescia, a tourist stumbled and damaged a priceless painting from the 16th century. The artwork ...

Each Italian city and territory developed distinctive characteristics: in Venice, for example, the influence of Islamic decorations was recorded, while Rome adopted a sumptuous style linked to papal ...

has been reattributed to pioneering 16th-century artist Lavinia Fontana. An Italian Mannerist painter, Fontana was one of the very first women artists to support herself and her family through her ...

Instead, they are 16th-century Italian fantasies of beauty, recreating an ideal that was celebrated across art and literature of the era. Most likely, 'belle donne' plates functioned as personalised ...

16th-century royal regalia unearthed in Vilnius Cathedral crypt Artefacts include crowns, rings, chains, and burial ornaments Treasures belonged to Alexander Jagiellon and two queens ...

This former school and home to the secretary of a Pope was recently renovated by an Italian film director and is moments from ...

Pasta shapes like penne, rigatoni, and cavatappi owe their existence to a combination of technological innovation and ...

Today, we bring you a new installment of our focus challenges, in which we ask you to spend uninterrupted time looking at one ...

A new collaborative exhibition showcases 60 breathtaking pieces that were evacuated from the Odesa Museum of Western and ...

Rakesh Ramchurn reports on an exhibition exploring how Islamic art influenced the work of the pioneering British designer ...